What do you need?
Why are you suffering?
Writing
Brand Identity
I awoke last night from a deep dream of peace, and saw, within the moonlight in my room, making it rich, and like a lily
On Bob Dylan
“What music do you like?” “Bob Dylan,” I said. “That’s not a type of music,” she said gently. “That’s a musician.” I first
On Change
Du musst dein Leben ändern, writes Rilke. You must change your life. Well, yes, Rainer. Of course. But how?
On Creativity
The mountain spring has dried up.
Peak Experience
Arthur Worthington expected to see symmetry. He expected regularity. He expected what he thought of as beauty. His mind, as he said, was “filled with an ideal splash - an “Auto-Splash” - whose perfection may never be realised.”
Meaningful Work
Simple needs, human needs - genuine human needs. But what is this word genuine and what does it have to do with need?
Struggle, gifts, trains and delight
I doubt that you've noticed, but I certainly have - I haven't written to you in two weeks. I'm finding
Love, and do as you please
These words have been present in me today. Over and over again they arise, a gentle repetitive rhythm … love, and do as you please.
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
“Our only trouble,” thought Pahóm, “is that we haven’t land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn’t fear the Devil himself.”
How can we know the Good?
Like many of us, I want to be good and wise and happy. But would we recognise those things if we were given them?
The holidays are done
I have had two weeks off, and the world has seemed to join me in taking a break. Empty streets and shuttered shops, fathers playing
Someone I love is suffering
Someone I love is suffering, wrote a friend. What can philosophy tell me about my responsibilities to help them?
How's life?
This morning, I had what I like to dignify by calling a minor epiphany (you could also just call it "a thought", but
Stillness
Alles ist gut wie es ist, said the stillness. Everything is good as it is.