Matthew
and my grandmother. In a reality of divorce, cross-country moves, and a new school every year, my Nana and her little home in Kentucky have been unlikely pillars in my life. The only place I can go to as an adult that I remember as a child. The only person
Thinking
For over 10 years I’ve been bumping up against Arthur Schopenhauer just about everywhere. His influence on continental philosophy is everywhere. Though I somehow managed to get through Goethe, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, and Jung, for some reason I had just never picked up Schopenhauer. At Barnes & Noble
Matthew
If I had my life to live over, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains
Matthew
Last night I had the strangest dream. NASA was involved in trying to change the trajectory of a comet. Most of our comets originate out in the Kuiper Belt, far, far away.
Motion
Physicists in Austria say they that have observed events separated by the shortest time interval ever, and plan to use the technique to study atomic phenomena. A group led by Ferenc Krausz of Vienna University of Technology used pulses of laser light to watch electrons moving around atoms, and were
History
Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous lighthouse in antiquity. It was a technological triumph and is the archetype of all lighthouses since. Built by Sostratus of Cnidus, it was finished during the reign of Soter’s son Ptolemy II of Egypt in about 280 bce.
Film
It’s hard not to think of Joseph Campbell while watching the first film installment of The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s renowned fantasy trilogy, which has remained No. 1 at the box office since its opening in December. Underneath the movie’s sweeping spectacle and
Matthew
Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through. Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind. I'm sayin' Georgia. Georgia, a song of you comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines. Other arms reach out to me. Other eyes smile tenderly. Still in peaceful
Matthew
Though I’m somewhat of a globetrotter, my permanent residence is in Atlanta, GA. I recently contacted my Congressman, Rep. John Lewis, about the outsourcing of American jobs. It appears that Congress is taking some action on this issue. Below is Mr. Lewis’s letter in full. Thank you for
Mind
What sets Jungian Psychology apart from clinical psychology is dream analysis. This is a subject that Jung approached seriously. On one occasion a patient came to Jung with a particularly interesting dream. The patient mentioned that in her dream she went to places in the world that she had never
Mind
There are rare moments in life when we are aware of what we’re going through. We choose leaving instead of staying put, change instead of comfort, life instead of death. In those rare moments we are given insight into the pain we carry deep into the night. Edward Edinger
Mind
In my dream last night we were both in a very old civilization. I think is was Mayan because of the architecture. It began in a museum though - we were looking at old artifacts.