Category: Musings
What does it mean for [a] life to be “worth living”?
I have been reading about Socrates and have finally come to the texts Crito and Apology. In the latter, Socrates utters the line “The unexamined life is not worth living,” which has always made me wonder. It is a popular line, so much so that it seems as though its meaning should be straightforward, yet…
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Some essay [Walking with Christ]
I think I may have been looking at the earlier question the wrong way, focusing on “the limits” of Jesus and how I could ever be able to cope with that. The keyword could instead be will. What do I will? What am I willing to do?
Finding Chai and Time Again
I once professed a hatred towards anything that is not plain black coffee but I find myself at this moment absolutely in love with every sip of this drink. It is not the best sort of chai; there is only enough spice for it to be called a chai but I know I have had…
Self-portrait, 220909
More at the Gallery. Self-portrait 9 September 2022Highlighter pens on watercolour paper
Notes on 道德經 (Dào Dé Jīng), chapter 36
To shrinkFirst stretch.To be softFirst be hard.To destroyFirst raise up.To stealFirst give away.This is the subtle light.Soft and gentlePrecede hard and strong.Never take a fishfrom its deep.Never displaythe sharp weaponsof a Nation. Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching, Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Translated by John Minford. 2021. This chapter seems to be composed of three parts:…
Confucius on <갯마을 차차차> (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
13:23 Confucius said, “The superior man is conciliatory but does not identify himself with others; the inferior man identifies with others but is not conciliatory.” 1 The essence of this passage is that it is willingness to remain in harmony with others without sacrificing individuality makes a person better. The passage then says that when…
220918 Photo journal: Roses, sketch
220918 Photo journal: Roses, sketch
28 Reasons [and one]
Hauntingly captivating, especially for yet-only-a-trailer.
What is Art? — On starting out in Aesthetics, the Philosophy of Art
What is art? That is the main question of Aesthetics, the philosophy of art. Under this semantically simple inquiry are many others that are just as complex such as: Is art necessary? Why do we make art? Why are we drawn to art? What makes one artwork better than another? Is there such thing? What…
Flamboyant (2022)
More at the Gallery. Flamboyant 8 September 2022colour pencil on watercolour paper