This little note, despite the imperative tense in the title, isn’t about telling you what to do. It’s about realizing that the first steps towards a better world must necessarily be steps away from the corporatist, overinflated, top-down monopoloy money world we currently live in. Votes formerly represented our freedom and autonomy- however the obvious reality [...]
The duality of nature- two parts of one whole.
Back to writing about important things
No surrender. Life goes on and so do I.
Confronted with ultimate death, the resulting dichotomous fate: either nihilism or futility (Buster Friendly or Wilbur Mercer). How far, how far removed from real life? Dusty apartment, mediated experience of the world. I read articles about things that happen all over the planet, which I can prove no more than I can prove the existence [...]
No matter how bad you think your situation is, it’s probably not as bad as most Haitians’ situation yesterday. And that’s on top of a mess of other problems; a week ago, before anyone was even thinking of earthquakes, Haiti was the poorest country in the western hemisphere. But even the most miserable person in [...]
I asked myself “What is a friend?” and was startled by the implications of the answer I gave. A friend is someone who shows that (s)he loves you (trusts you, respects you, whatever your personal criteria is). Saying “I love you” or “you’re my friend” is easy and thus mostly unimportant. Those words are symbols [...]