Tag: philosophy

• November 25, 2013

  ‘Thoughts unwinding…’

  While meditating, I let my thoughts unwind themselves until they grow tired of themselves. * Thoughts unwinding Clouds uplifting Vast expanse of home.
• November 23, 2013

  ‘The morning gray closes in…’

  Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation recently: * The morning gray closes in, and I cannot see the mountain. I do not know you thus, but might I find you still by some other route? I close my eyes, and mumble your name. Soon I forget it.
• November 20, 2013

  ‘Through you / I feel the mountains…’

  A chant: Swaying reeds like hanging beans Through you I feel the mountains * Zazen is preparation for living discourse? What kind of living discourse? Only this: direct speech. * Tell me, friend, how am I doing taking notes? Speak too quickly, and I won’t catch your words. Therefore, go slowly with me so that we catch…
• October 28, 2013

  Tom Stoppard vs. Richard Rorty

  I read a quote from the playwright Tom Stoppard about his view of playwriting. ‘My whole life,’ he tells his interviewer, ‘is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.’ This view of things, albeit clever-sounding, is backward. Some years ago, I read something very different in in one of Raymond Geuss’s books.…
• August 27, 2013

  Fundraising in the Context of a Gift Economy

  My friend Jonatan Spejlborg is currently raising funds for the artist residency and school he and his colleagues are creating. Specifically, they need to raise money in order to build the house where participants will live, work, and create. I offered a gift contribution earlier today, and I invite you to do the same. You can…