Monthly Archives: May 2014
“Atheism”
“Atheism” I’m not an atheist at present, but I’ve been one. So, why did I go there and why, eventually, did I turn back? I can tell you one thing: life is very different for the atheist from what it … Continue reading
Posted in Academe, Art, Culture, Faith, nineteenth-century, Philosophy, Political
Tagged Atheism, Caspar David Friedrich, conversion, cynicism, failure, Faith, German Romanticism, God, gods, hope, intimacy, Ockham's razor, prayer, problem-solving, religion, self-realization, theism, theology, tragic sense
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“Health”
“Health” I have never, never trusted doctors. It is not because my current medical support team is unskillful or uncaring. Of course, earlier white-coated cohorts, still standing out in memory, were deficient by comparison, but that’s not the heart of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, life and death struggle
Tagged abuses of power, alternative, biology, broken heart, common cold, dentists, doctors, double-blind trials, Edward Erwin, engineers, fear of doctors, healing, Health, holistic, horses, medicine, paradigms, placebo effect, Rubert Sheldrake, science, sickness, witches
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“Grief”
“Grief” Of late, it’s been one friend down after another. They’re falling over like soldiers raked with machine gun fire, each one opening another gap in the serried ranks. With every loss, one feels a whole dimension of one’s self … Continue reading
Posted in Academe, Culture, Friendship, Philosophy, relationships
Tagged Aging, brain, death of a friend, elegy, fallen comrades, grief, grief support, identity, identity theory, Kaddish, life story, lifetime, loss of a friend, Materialism, meditation, mourning, mourning a death, mourning a loss, Nevermore, philosophy, soldiers, The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, the self, witness
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“The Coat”
“The Coat” The other day, I could not find my coat. I’d sat through one edifying lecture too many, during which I’d had trouble not falling to the floor from sheer fatigue. Afterward, famished, I’d stopped at my café for … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Desire, Fashion, Femininity, Philosophy, The Problematic of Woman
Tagged boutique, coat, coffee, Degas, demi-saison, fashion, French fashion, garments, loss, love, meaning of life, New York City, philosophy, style, Women
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