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A Quote by Marina Tsvetaeva
Here’s a great little quote that I found while reading an old issue of “Poetry: Volume 199, Number 6 (March 2012).” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To love – is to see a man as God intended him, and his parents failed to make … Continue reading
Posted in Musings and Prose, Writing
Tagged Love, Marina Tsvetaeva, poems for Blok, poetry, Poetry March 2012
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A quote on free will, and God’s abandonment…
“Living life under the pretense of free will is a heart breaking, and mistaken way to cope in vain with the persistent betrayals of our cold, distant, and silent God” –K.W. Richardson
Posted in Musings and Prose, Philosophy, Religion, Writing
Tagged abandonment, free-will, God, K.W. Richardson
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Happiness v. Virtue: A Quote by Henry Sidgwick
It’s been a week since my last post, and I apologize. In fact, my last post wasn’t that great. It was a drunk and delirious tirade that didn’t deserve to stay up, so I shit canned it. Needless to say … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Personal Life, Philosophy, Writing
Tagged aesthetics, Been Gone A Long Time, ethics, Facedownphilosophy, happiness, Henry Sidgwick, morality, philosophy, Schopenhauer, Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics, virtue, writing
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White Privilege: A Brief Inspection
My Dear Readers, The following is a brief inspection of the theory of white privilege. I was forced by a terrible professor of mine to write a piece on white privilege as a way of making amends for offending her … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Writing
Tagged crux of the matter, error of my ways, intellectual honesty, intellectual integrity, kendall clark, oppression, Peggy McIntosh, philosophy, political correctness, political incorrectness, politically correct, politically incorrect, politics, Racism, racist, reason, road to damascus, saul on the road to damascus, WEB DuBois, whiskey, White Privilege, white supremacy, writing
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The Problem With the World
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” ― Charles Bukowski
Posted in Philosophy, Writing
Tagged Bukowski, certainty, Charles Bukowski, doubt, philosophy
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Whiskey at 4am
It never seems to matter how much whiskey you drink, there’s never a good enough reason to go to bed… And there’s never, ever a reason to wake up. I wonder how long things are meant to hurt for…
My New Life
Most people haven’t yet read what I’m about to post, so I’m posting it here on the primary page of my blog. I didn’t think to post it here until this morning when a beautiful and intelligent writer friend of … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Writing
Tagged anguish, breaking up, desire, divorce, longing, Love, regret, remorse, suffering, writing
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Update on yesterday’s post, and something in the works
I’ve updated my post from yesterday. Actually it’s more like I added something to the end, and fixed some errors. I’m contemplating posting a piece I wrote 8 months ago titled, “A Supplication to the Devil.” It’s a very personal … Continue reading
