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October 28, 2008

She finally died and we put her cold naked body on our shoulders
And carried it to the brim of her grave
But the hands of destiny gently took her down from our shoulders
She was not ready to go six feet under yet
Her body was not cold enough
So we waited and waited...
Until we heard her long sigh of consent
And carried her into the earth’s darkness
Knowing ‘from the dust we come from and to the dust we shall return’.
She must have heard our thought.
Her silent scream is forever buried somewhere deep in our being:
'After death there is resurrection.'

for a.z (d 2004)

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October 27, 2008

great philosophers of the 20th century:
heiddeger
wittgenstein
kuhn
rawls
bergson
husserl

great writers of the 20th century:
rilke
proust
kafka
joyce
faulkner
mann
pessoa

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October 26, 2008

many secrets of the highest spiritual substance are contained in the first two pages of sickness unto death.

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October 23, 2008

I'm drawn to sad faces and melancholic eyes. By sad I don't mean depressed and by melancholic I don't mean gloomy. Rather a sweet sorrow.

touching the heart or instructing the mind
touching the heart in an instructive manner or instructing the mind in a heartfelt manner
rumi touches the heart; aristotle instructs the mind
emerson touches the heart in an instructive manner; plato instructs the mind in a heartfelt manner

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October 13, 2008

Last night had a dream that my father has cancer. It was very vivid. Hope he's fine.

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