Nautis Project

I had an opportunity to see the traveling exhibition, Ink & Blood in Lexington, KY. I highly recommend it. It will be there for a couple of months before moving on to South Carolina. The exhibit traces the path of our modern English Bible from the very beginning through present day. It also records the [...]

People say I’m crazy doing what I’m doing. Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin. When I say that I’m o.k. well they look at me kind of strange. Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game.

People say I’m lazy dreaming my life away. Well they [...]

I get asked to recommend books from time to time, so I figured I would start by recommending the books I’ve read so far this year:

What is Zen

The Tao of Physics

Bhagavad Gita : A New Translation

The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell

The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance

The Divine Comedy, [...]

From the Bhagavad Gita, “Though they, blinded by greed, do not see evil in the destruction of the family, or sin in being treacherous to friends. Why shouldn’t we, who clearly see evil in the destruction of the family, think about turning away from this sin, O Krishna?

With the destruction of the family, the eternal [...]

Few people in the United States have heard of Heinrich Zimmer — and fewer still would know who he was had Heinrich Zimmer and Joseph Campbell never met. It’s just as likely that Campbell’s life would have followed a far different trajectory, absent this relationship. Zimmer exerted a profound and undeniable influence on the direction [...]

I was watching the news last night and there was a report on how the military was having a hard time finding new recruits. I thought to myself, once upon a time I was young and reckless and I would enlist just to serve my country. I guess now I’m old and reckless because I [...]