Idealism

[By] idealism, what usually seems to be meant is not adherence to some identifiable philosophical doctrine, 'esse est percipi' or whatever, but merely that if one pays much attention to surface manifestations ... the deeper realities ... will be obscured by forceless appearances. It is all these sins, plus global accusations of moral laxity and logical confusion (Hitler is usually brought in at this point), that relativism evokes."
-- Clifford Geertz, 1983.

A Hot Day

A squirrel lying in a tree outside my window, exhausted by the heat.

Losing Everything

"When I was younger, I felt life was about acquiring things. But as I get older, I know life is totally about losing everything."

--- Mike Tyson

Women Are Poetry

Women are poetry. Sometimes bad poetry, but frequently very good poetry indeed. Men, good or evil, wretched, contented or adequate, are never poetry.