PhLiArS

... is the start of another."

When I only think about how I can make more noise or find new ways to gratify myself, I am not really doing much thinking. . . .

If I don’t know why it is true and good, then I shouldn’t be doing it. When I only think about how I can make more noise or find new ways to gratify myself, I am not really doing much thinking. """

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

— George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such

It may be too late to call upon the philosopher after the pantry is bare and the bombs are falling. . . .

It may be too late to call upon the philosopher after the pantry is bare and the bombs are falling. . . .

— Henry David Thoreau, “Life Without Principle”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (tr. Martin Hammond)

A poetry comic for a rainy Saturday from my book THE SHAPE OF IDEAS 🌨

A poetry comic for a rainy Saturday from my book THE SHAPE OF IDEAS 🌨

Happy Mother's Day!

We thrive in the company of our fellows, and we wither away when we are locked into separate boxes. . . .

This is how it feels to write a first draft.