“The universe is an ongoing explosion. That’s where you live. In an explosion. Also, we absolutely don’t know what living is. Sometimes atoms arranged in a certain way just get very haunted. That’s us. When an explosion explodes hard enough, dust wakes up and thinks about itself. And then writes about it. … Continue reading “Ideas and Truth”
Tag: Philosophy
Death is the Elephant in the Room
Death is a big piece of so many of the contradictions that are inherent in the experience of being human. Death is the only thing that any of us are absolutely guaranteed, and yet somehow it manages to take us by surprise. We live our lives and make decisions according to our own values hierarchy. … Continue reading “Death is the Elephant in the Room”
What is Grief?
My life thus far has been a lot of things. Complex and beautiful and painful and messy and joyous. So much learning. And yet, with all I experienced and all that I learned, I’m coming now to realize that I never actually understood anything about grief. I thought I understood it. It’s an emotion, I … Continue reading “What is Grief?”
More to do than can ever be done
The universe. It is large. As far as my conception of it goes, it is infinite. It is infinite in size, in complexity, and in depth. Fractals. Repeating patterns in every direction, each line stretching to infinity. And ideas. Those are infinite too. There are an infinite number of ideas we can explore, and … Continue reading “More to do than can ever be done”
Needs and Covid-19
All behavior is motivated by needs. All of my studies in child behavior and discipline have been based on this premise. When I need to address Cat’s behavior, I look past the behavior and try to find the need that is motivating her, and suggest an alternate, acceptable way that she might go about meeting … Continue reading “Needs and Covid-19”