Art and Creativity
Containing posts discussing and commenting on the artistic and creative process, attempting to understand its various characteristics.
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माया
I’ll preface this by saying that that this post took me about two months to finally finish, and was a struggle almost every step of the way. I’m always cautious of intending one meaning and inadvertently causing people to hear… Continue reading
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Society Without Public Education?
I’ve been reading Noam Chomsky‘s Understanding Power, and it’s really been taking me back to my radical leftist mode. Having shifted to the right in many respects over the last year (or, to put it more precisely, towards the center), I… Continue reading
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In a Child’s Library
Today I spent a few hours sorting through the eclectic collection of donated textbooks that make up the library at the school that I volunteer at. It’s strange, being back in a children’s textbook room. So many colorful, glossy pages… Continue reading
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Metaphor: Balance and Motion
Note: this post was first drafted back in October in light of a friends impending exam. It needed work and ended up consigned to “drafts” until I mustered the courage to grapple with it again. Odds are good you know… Continue reading
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A Technique for Thinking Clearly
In Robert Pirsig‘s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the protagonist describes a mental technique he often used when working on scientific and philosophical projects, to keep himself objective and neutralize his biases as much as possible. I’ve been trying it… Continue reading
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The Religious Mindset
Last week, I finished a six-week course of study at Mayanot, an orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Jerusalem. It was the deepest I had ever delved into the world of religion, having grown up and been educated in a pretty secular… Continue reading
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Thinking About Aaron Swartz
A week ago, I had never heard of Aaron Swartz. Today, I can’t stop thinking about him. A boy genius who would become a practical idealist. A man of profound curiosity who bent all his abilities towards repairing our world.… Continue reading
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Two Rolls and a Bee
I finished The Unbearable Lightness of Being today. I had forty pages to go when Hebrew class ended at five, and I decided I needed to finish it before dinner. There’s a sculpture garden on the kibbutz which I absolutely adore, so… Continue reading
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