Tag Archives: truth
The truth and dreams, 1: Lost
I dreamt that we were around each other, but not really together. Our recent split was a wound still open, and I was trying to follow you, to get back to you, to make you see me again as yours. … Continue reading
The truth and grace, 3: The Unknown
This is the third of three essays on grace. The three parts move through different aspects of grace—reason, beneficence, and the unknown—roaming across Sartre, the epistles of St. Paul, Flannery O’Connor, Roberto Bolaño, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb Amalfitano In the … Continue reading
The truth and grace, 1: Reason
This is the first of three essays on grace. The three parts move through three aspects of grace—reason, beneficence, and the unknown—roaming across existentialism, Sartre, the epistles of St. Paul, Flannery O’Connor, Roberto Bolaño, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A Reason … Continue reading
Filed under existentialism, freedom, hubris, ideas, individuality, Jean-Paul Sartre, literature, order, philosophy, truth, vanity
The truth and moonshadows, 4: Coda, from friends
After I published the essays, “The truth and moonshadows, 1-3,” a couple of my friends shared their own stories with me. The essays prompted them to think of their own fathers. They are two very dear friends, whose associations go … Continue reading
Another year and we remember, 2010
For three years, from 2007 to 2009, I was able to look out of my living room window every September 11 and see the Tribute in Light over downtown New York. Last year, I posted photos by my neighbor and … Continue reading
The truth and the recursive (in search of search terms)
There was a time when searching any string of words with “Lascaux” in it would bring up my post, “The truth and change, 3a: From Life on Mars to Linden,” as one of the top three hits in the images … Continue reading
Without truth you are the looser
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a picture of words worth? Spelling mistake or assertion about the relationship of truth to intestinal fortitude? Martin Luther would surely disagree, for in his case getting to … Continue reading
The truth and diamonds
The truth is precious. So are diamonds. Both can shine brilliantly, sparkling in the light to dazzle your eyes, making young couples blush with happiness and pride. Like the truth, diamonds aren’t nearly as rare as their market value would … Continue reading
E/F – The glass of oil
There are jobs, and then there are jobs. We built our world on petroleum, especially in the state I come from, Louisiana. We power our cars and computers and houses with petrol and its funky little brother, natural gas. Over … Continue reading
E/F – The glass of life
God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good (Genesis 1:31). Life is full of contradiction, and so are attempts to understand where life came from, why we are here, and what will become of us. … Continue reading
Filed under ageing, body, entropy, existentialism, freedom, life, philosophy, truth
