How to Use Words Correctly

How to Use Words Correctly

When we talk about anything, we talk about experience. Any word we use isn’t the thing in itself but only a proxy for a direct experience. This should be obvious but it’s all too easily forgotten. Why is that?   Because language is just so hypnotizing. It’s...
The Costume Party

The Costume Party

This thing we call life is one big weird costume party.   It’s where billions of apparent people come together to build, destroy, socialize, fight, laugh, cry, love, hate, scheme, convince, accept, get shit-faced, have fun, have no fun, and so on.   We’re...
Beware of Dead Weight

Beware of Dead Weight

“Beware of dead weight, my companions. All is a dead weight to the man who has a firm faith in his godhood. He holds in himself the world, yet carries not its weight.” — Mikhail Naimy, The Book of Mirdad   Reflecting on this passage from The Book of Mirdad...

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