the world in all its goodnessmoving from moment to momentits former waters first a memorythen a calm oblivion of generationsin a thousand years perhapswe will be young enough to saywhat did we learn amidst the ruinsof ourselves and the broken monumentswhat did we learn when displacedfrom who we are, before fatigueset in, as our bones … Continue reading Proclus in Tim. Book II, 376-378
Month: November 2023
For Giving Tuesday: Putting the International Rescue Committee in Focus
There is a lot going on in the world right now. As we think forward to Giving Tuesday in a few weeks, I want to put a plug in for the International Rescue Committee. IRC is connected to physicist Albert Einstein and evolved out of his efforts to secure safety for people fleeing Nazi Germany. … Continue reading For Giving Tuesday: Putting the International Rescue Committee in Focus
In Gratitude
On the first day of November, following a day of storms in both a literal and metaphorical sense, I was brought to wonder by a rainbow. It was a Wednesday, and I had to mind a passage from Proclus' Parmenides commentary that I had only just reread — "I am ready at your service, Parmenides,'' … Continue reading In Gratitude
Short musings on Battlestar Galactica (and a few questions)
When I was much younger than I am now, I wrote a post on a blog that has long since passed away (something I reposted later on) about Battlestar Galactica, the reboot series that aired on what was then the SciFi channel during my senior year of high school (the first episode aired in October … Continue reading Short musings on Battlestar Galactica (and a few questions)
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