Imagine that you’ve managed financially and emotionally to set yourself up with a six-month writing jaunt in Paris.
Hemingway Slept Here
In Paris, every old stone, every leafy vista, every glimpse of the Seine evokes a nostalgic reaction, some combination of love and ennui.
In Paris, every old stone, every leafy vista, every glimpse of the Seine evokes a nostalgic reaction, some combination of love and ennui.
Absurd, Imperfect Rebellion
No one is in a perfect position to rebel.
No one is in a perfect position to rebel.
Quiet Rebellions
You quietly rebel in the service of what ought to be.
You quietly rebel in the service of what ought to be.
How Are You Rebelling?
What are you rebelling against?
What are you rebelling against?
Your Possible Rebellion
Skip those rebellions that do not serve you or the world.
Skip those rebellions that do not serve you or the world.
Sisyphus and You
He is trapped in a sense even more monumental than yours. You can still do some good!
He is trapped in a sense even more monumental than yours. You can still do some good!
Walt Disney and Absurdity
Can one world really contain starvation, cruelty, and Disney movies? Well, but it does.
Can one world really contain starvation, cruelty, and Disney movies? Well, but it does.
Our Bitter Laughter
We had made a serious mistake, a grave miscalculation, by trying to turn our back on absurdity. Now it is time to face it again.
We had made a serious mistake, a grave miscalculation, by trying to turn our back on absurdity. Now it is time to face it again.
Be Easy With Absurdity
How absurd that we should be born doomed—and know it!
How absurd that we should be born doomed—and know it!
A Lone Individual Can…
Where will your individuality take you?
Where will your individuality take you?
Individuality Is Not Narcissism
Are you already your best you? That’s highly unlikely.
Are you already your best you? That’s highly unlikely.
Doing the Next Right Thing
Do not take your mandate to individuality as license to grandiosity, narcissism or naked self- interest.
Do not take your mandate to individuality as license to grandiosity, narcissism or naked self- interest.
Why Individuals Frown a Lot
Individuality is not a cheerful game or a stroll through the park.
Individuality is not a cheerful game or a stroll through the park.
The Tough Road of Individuality
Does a path exist where a born individual manages to fit beautifully into society? Not on this earth.
Does a path exist where a born individual manages to fit beautifully into society? Not on this earth.
Never Satisfied
Nature inadvertently created a fiery, insatiable creature.
Nature inadvertently created a fiery, insatiable creature.