Miracle Drug
Death is a wonderful elixir. . . and the greatest obstruction.
Tags: Life
Shift
I have fled, flourished, floundered, and failed. Then I was found, fed, fêted, and set free. Glory be.
Tags: Failure, freedom, Life
A Lonesome Journey
The path through the valley of the shadow of death can only be crossed alone.
Tags: depression, Religion
The Graven Image
Every writer has a hidden affinity for death. Authors and monument carvers have overlapping fields of work.
Tags: Writing
The Solipsist
A man walking upon the strand finds a pocket watch and claims to be the watchmaker. Little did he know that henceforth, his life would be measured by duration and not by intensity.
Tags: Life, philosophy
Missives from the Undiscovered Country
Aches, pain, injuries, hearing loss, impaired vision – these are the messengers of mortality. How do you receive them?
Tags: body
Koan
A koan is an artificial problem designed to shed light on the artifice of all problems, not least of all, birth and death.
Tags: Buddhism, koan, Zen