Philosophy

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2021

Welcome To The Age of The Last Man

Earlier this week, I stumbled upon r/HermanCainAwards on Reddit and have found myself looking at story after story with sympathy, yet at …
Philosophy COVID Meaning Ontology
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2017

The Tree of 100 Dead Faces

The night was a cool 61 degrees, much more comfortable than the 95 plus of the daytime. Liam was at his campsite in rural southeastern …
Philosophy Afterlife Death
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2016

To The Wonder: Moments of Sehnsucht

The first time I watched a Terrence Malick film, it was Tree of Life a few years ago and I couldn’t last any longer than 45 minutes. My …
Philosophy Film Terrance Malick
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Donald Trump is The Joker for the Republican Party

We’re witnessing something I don’t believe we’ve ever seen in American Politics. The republican party is eating itself alive and the most …
Philosophy Donald Trump Politics Fascism
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The Sincerity of Scott Mescudi

Last week, Scott Mescudi (better known more by his stage name Kid Cudi or Cudi for short) checked into rehab for depression and suicidal …
Philosophy Kid Cudi Music
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The Grand Mirror of Westworld

I’ve immediately latched onto Westworld, but not for the same reasons as some of my peers. Some mentioned the action, some mentioned the …
Philosophy Westworld Identity Causality
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Endings

I’m writing a story with a character faced with a moment of excruciating loss of a someone close and I’ve been chewing on the concept of …
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War Within Myself

I saw an Anthony Bourdain quote the other day that struck me at my core. “I understand there is a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, …
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God Is Dead and All I Got Was This Stupid Dating App

Over the past few years I’ve made a long and slow theological transition. The whole overview of that will be in another post at another …
Philosophy Dating
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Loneliness and The Divine Dance

Loneliness is a dirty word. The slightest insinuation that you’re lonely normally brings with it a slap on the back and the stereotypical, …
Philosophy Theology Trinitarianism
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2015

Beyond the Horizon

This is my first blog post from my new home in California. I really haven’t had time to sit down and manifest my thoughts into words until …
Philosophy
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2014

Moments

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more aware of these moments with people who are considered special. Times when you feel as if it is the …
Philosophy Life Fatherhood
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Cope and Hope

Last night, I fell asleep listening to Manchester Orchestra’s latest LP, Hope. I then woke up at 3am, because my mind was spinning a …
Philosophy Music Manchester Orchestra
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Beauty is Unbearable

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the …
Philosophy Camus
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The Absurd Struggle

“Life is easily simplified as the continuous struggle inside of the disparity between our expectations or desires and reality.” …
Philosophy Camus
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My Motorcycle Has No Name

Growing up, I was never in a motorcycle family like some of my friends. I thought they were generally cool, and after watching Akira in the …
Philosophy Motorcycles
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Robin Williams

Some brief thoughts. Not many celebrities deaths cause me to sit down and contemplate everything. I normally stop for a moment, say …
Philosophy Celebrities Death
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Unexpected Dominos

I have not walked this world for long, but I already get nostalgic sometimes. When that happens I find myself zooming out and seeing the …
Philosophy
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Lucidity And Impulse

In my last post, I tried to take the idea of Dreams and cast them all into the purifying fire. Burn away all that isn’t worth our true …
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Dreams

Pursue your dreams. Follow your dreams. Make your dreams come true. All are variations of the same message, that your dreams are the …
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2013

Love Vs Applause

I learned somewhere a while back that there was a clear difference between Love and Applause, as well as a common confusion with them both. …
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Experiences > Things

When I got out of college, I had a job at a large fortune 500 company waiting for me. The increase in my compensation drastically changed …
Philosophy Life
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