Category Archives: philosophy

Maybe All There Is Is the Next Thing That Happens

Posted on April 27, 2011 by randomyriad

Arthur Miller‘s words spoken by Marilyn Monroe in a breathy sigh while looking over Montgomery Clift‘s broken head into an uncertain future in the movie the Misfits. What will be the next thing? Not even John Huston when he directed … Continue reading →

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Universalism at Work, A Nice Idea

Posted on March 29, 2011 by randomyriad

“Where we are fighting a tyrant, we are all universalists. We are immediately in solidarity with each other. That’s how you build universal solidarity … it’s the struggle for freedom. Here we have a direct proof that a) freedom is … Continue reading →

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One Way to Live in this Crazy World

Posted on February 15, 2011 by randomyriad

I think of life as meaningless and yet it excites me. I always think something marvelous is about to happen.  — Francis Bacon I wish I could live like this, but I, like most other human beings, have a need to … Continue reading →

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Make Your Maps as You Go

Posted on January 23, 2011 by randomyriad

How to Discover Your Own New Worlds Step 1: Lose the Way The first step . . . shall be to lose the way.– Galway Kinnell It’s important to forget what you are doing–then a work of art may happen. … Continue reading →

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Trying to Avoid the Bubble Wrap

Posted on January 19, 2011 by randomyriad

I hold a great deal against this system of organization, that is the separation of things that should not be separated. We categorize everyone. We send the old here: the young there. We ship adolescents off to war. We send … Continue reading →

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