Originally posted in RETURN The phone rang in my parents’ Park Avenue apartment. Not a phone. The phone. It was the late 1980s or early 1990s, I forget exactly when. Mobile phones were an…
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“Be On Your Own Team” by Will Bamberg
Originally posted by Will Bamberg on his Website. At first glance, “be on your own team” is a cute little phrase telling you to support yourself. Another interpretation might be…
“ambition” by Elaine
Originally posted by Elaine on her Substack, manners & mystery. Is it possible to pursue your ambition without being attached to the outcome? I want to believe so because it’s…
“Signal, Noise and Us” by Anna Grigoryan
Originally posted by Anna Grigoryan on her Substack, Caring about now. If you’re on LinkedIn, or Twitter, or are subscribed to a lot of newsletters, you might know this aspirational…
“Write it down” by Zelda Poem
Originally posted by Zelda Poem on her Substack, Tomorrow’s Ancestors. Creative blocks are disguised inner conflicts. You’re telling yourself that you just don’t know where to start, what to talk…
“On the life-changing power of legitimacy.” by Rachel Clifton
Originally posted by Rachel Clifton on her Substack, Adventures of a Spiritual Warrior. Photo by Ameer Basheer on Unsplash
“Introducing not-knowing” by Vaughn Tan
Originally posted by Vaughn Tan on his Substack, The Uncertainty Mindset. P.S. Vaughn also has an upcoming salon series, “Thinking About Not-Knowing, starting this week, January 19th! This is an…
“How will you save the world?” by Jibran el Bazi
Your world’s destruction is near. Only you are left to save it… what will you do? Please enjoy this post “How will you save the world?” by writer and digital…
The Paradox of Normativity
Please enjoy this thought piece, “The Paradox of Normativity,” by Christophe Porot, published philosopher and PhD candidate who focuses on the ethics of mysticism. You can learn even more about Christophe and…
On Art and Paradoxes
“It moves. They are all alive. Even the moon bulges in its orange irons to push children, like a god, from its eye.” Originally posted by Irene J. Karthik on…
Henry Oliver on “How to Read a Novel”
A Book Club on the tricks and techniques behind what makes literary novels work Do you want to read more classic fiction? Then the upcoming Salon Series, How to Read…
More Poetry Please!
At what age did you meet poetry? My earliest recollection of meeting a close cousin of poetry was when I was four. My mother used to sing lullabies to put…