January 2017
January 30, 2017
The Woman in the Dunes
Kōbō Abe meditates on the reasons the mind craves routine: “It goes on, terrifyingly repetitive. One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the heart was not all there was to life.”
January 26, 2017
Philosophy Is an Ambulance
Grief can arrive on a gust of wind, a glimpse at a calendar, or a half-heard snippet of conversation on the street.
January 11, 2017
Hymns for the End of the World
Slow-motion strings and liturgical drones from Athens, Greece.
January 5, 2017
Guilt and Grace
“I often wonder why people torment themselves as soon as they can.”