Cloudy Forecast
Magnificent in scope, ever-changing and free as the air, passing clouds are an art form with only one requirement: look up to the sky. To appreciate them, we’ll need to develop a whole new sensitivity and vocabulary that can describe, analyze and comprehend their colors and textures; shapes and patterns; and velocity and volatility.
No-stalgia
The bright white glare of today never seems as golden as the sepia-toned glow of yesterday, yet it is real, here and now, the best we have.
Death’s Upside
Death is “the one misery that makes us more miserable than all other creatures,” said Luther. Yes, but it should make us more ecstatic, too, about the beauty and evanescence of every hour and every day.
Rx for Immortality
Disturb little, observe much. Coastal redwoods grow just an inch a year and some of them live to be a thousand.
Home Remedy
The best antidote for sadness is hard work, diligent study and minute attention to the physical world, where every blade of grass and mote of dust reminds us of the primacy of objective vs. subjective reality. In here is just us; out there is everything else.
Lighting a Path
Death is nothing, and dying is the great spiritual journey to this acceptance.
Dress Code
Has there ever been a time when the mass of humanity looked more slovenly? Not really: even Neanderthals dressed better than we do. But there is a possible upside to our slobbishness. After seeing countless gruesome muffin top midriffs, waterfall cleavages and hairy butt cracks, we become increasingly inured to and even jaded about the “lure of the […]
Today’s Dystopic
In the future nearly all our retail spaces will be occupied by fast food franchises, health clinics, drug stores and banks. You can eat bad food, get sick, get well and pay for it all at the same shopping strip.
Rx
To live long, minimize To live large, maximize. To live well, synthesize.
Brief Dialogue on Death
“You’ve got to do things, try things, that seem frightening, that are frightening. Otherwise you’ll never grow. And you’ll never learn to die.” “Learn to die? Why would I want to do that?” “Oh, you will. There’ll come a time in your life – in everyone’s life, in the life of every living thing – […]