January 2019 - Meandering home

How I avoided Depression

The original title of this article was “How I Overcame Depression” because it sounds more spectacular and is more likely to propel me into the realm of fickle yet immensely enjoyable Internet fame. But I didn’t want to lie. I don’t believe my symptoms, burdensome and debilitating as they were, warranted the diagnosis of clinical ...

21 January, 2019

binge-watching, depression, mental health, narrative, poetry, symptoms, writing

Philosophy, The good life

Mama, I killed a deer

Mama, I killed a deer I saw him come so near in my headlights it is clear and o Mama, I killed a fish snapped him from his stream thought I heard him scream and o Mama, I killed a frog we dissected him in class the teacher let it pass and o Mama, I ...

19 January, 2019

animals, Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddy Mercury

Poetry

Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love; Lay aside sadness and sing, How love that passes is enough. Sing about the long deep sleep Of lovers that are dead and how In the grave all love shall sleep Love is aweary now – James Joyce

Was an effort made to create this? Was an effort made to overcome this? Is good art the capitulation of the artist?

Review: Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker

Seven years after his The Better Angels of our Nature, the book in which he presented abundant statistics and reasons why violence has declined, Steven Pinker has published an even more ambitious tome defending the idea and ideals of Enlightenment. The controversy that arose from the 'cautiously optimist' view he presented in 2011 might have ...

16 January, 2019

Enlightenment, materialism, Nietzsche, positivity, religion, Steven Pinker, violence

Philosophy, Reviews

Whatever works (flarf)

Howdy, There's no doubt that your web site could be having internet browser compatibility issues. Raise your arms their own original position and then squeeze the blades of the shoulder. In countries like America where we eat little fish, the obesity rate is sky rocketing. First step is to write several high quality articles but additionally ...

15 January, 2019

ad, empty, flarf, meaning, nihilist

Poetry

Don't underestimate the power of pretty scientific models! On the catwalk of the universe they are all we have.