Evil is, i believe, the Absence of Empathy.
sapphic trauma # 24954
zu schlafen, vielleicht zu traumpt
I stop at the 1-lane low-water-crossing
to wait for another car, then another
then another, then another speeding up
to join the convoy
…
Month: March 2020
Sappho – Queen of Immediacy!
i have always prized ‘immediacy’ / ‘now-ness’
as a major component of poetic moments …
seeking immortality
seeking immortality
i googled
“how to download my self into my pc”
but
most of the results
concerned admin privileges …
lubricants
Vonnegut, Wampeters, Foma, & Granfalloons, “In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself” Jon Stewart, Colbert, John Oliver, et al …
white rabbit fever
a metaphor for the human condition. …
7 kinds of love
Eros: romantic, passionate love. …
Philia: intimate, authentic friendship. …
Ludus: playful, flirtatious love. …
Storge: unconditional, familial love. …
Philautia: self-love. …
Pragma: committed, companionate love. …
Agápe: empathetic, universal love. …
Nothing is Real – Jenn Zed
one of my imaginary internet friends, Jenn Zed . . . this seems to me an excellent book cover, for …
Jane Hirshfield – O M G
I first met Jane Hirshfield about fifteen years ago, after one of her readings in San Francisco. She reads her …
write less often — NYTIMES
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. That’s the cliché anyway. And, of course, it’s cliché for a reason — a hard-wired, psychological reason known as scarcity.
“The principle of scarcity indicates that people want more of what they can have less of,” said Robert Cialdini, Regents’ professor emeritus of psychology at Arizona State University and author of “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.”
“Things that are rare, scarce, dwindling in availability become more attractive as a consequence of perceived value,” he said. …