Neil Gaiman’s Death: The Time of Your Life offers a remarkable subversion of traditional personifications of death, recasting an archetype feared and mythologized through centuries as a compassionate, even vivacious, entity. The work stands as a compelling exploration of mortality through the prisms of identity, love, and transformation, inviting readers to interrogate the fine line between life’s … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s Death: The High Cost of Living functions as both a narrative fable and a philosophical inquiry, inviting its readers to reframe their understanding of existence and its inevitable conclusion. Through an elegant subversion of the traditional personification of death, Gaiman transforms the archetypal reaper into a tender, empathetic figure, revealing mortality’s complexities with both irony … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman
Reimagining Sustainability: Yukio Mishima’s Critique and Alternative Paths Beyond Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
Yukio Mishima, a prominent Japanese author and nationalist, explored themes of identity, tradition, and the clash between modernity and traditional values in his works. His philosophy, particularly his critique of modernity and Western influences, provides a lens through which we can examine the interconnectivity and unsustainability of colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and capitalism. Interconnectivity and Unsustainability … Continue reading Reimagining Sustainability: Yukio Mishima’s Critique and Alternative Paths Beyond Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
Exploring the Turmoil Within: Navigating Conflicting Emotions in the Face of Loss
Rest in Peace, Dad. My father died on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 (Born Dec 20th, 1930). We continue to be blessed to have had you in our lives. In the final weeks he was surrounded by his devoted and loving wife of 68 years, and members of our family. The loss is hitting each of … Continue reading Exploring the Turmoil Within: Navigating Conflicting Emotions in the Face of Loss
The Elegy of Life: Finding Beauty in Death and the Will to Live Beyond Loss
I allowed myself to image auditing a class given by Frederic Nietzsche and the subsequent discussion of the topic with three students. The process of allowing these Nietzchean voices has proved very stimulating and soothing. hey, we all deal with grief in our own way! Nietzsche: Welcome, fellow thinkers, to this discussion on the profound … Continue reading The Elegy of Life: Finding Beauty in Death and the Will to Live Beyond Loss
Plato and The Beauty of Death: Finding Meaning in Loss
Ok, I agree this may be a dark and gloomy topic, and I fully acknowledge my self-indulgence in writing about it. With your forgiveness, I'm allowing my ego free rein to explore the meanings of death and how it is actually FULL of LIFE! Please bear with me a moment or two as I work … Continue reading Plato and The Beauty of Death: Finding Meaning in Loss
Exploring the Beauty of Death: Coping with the Loss of a Loved Parent
We all deal with life's experiences in our own way; mine is to explore it through the voices of cherished philosophers. Socrates has been a logical barometer for me and I enjoy imagining discourse with him and his pupils. So I continue to explore understanding of the events surrounding the slow dying of my father … Continue reading Exploring the Beauty of Death: Coping with the Loss of a Loved Parent
The Beauty of Death: A Sophoclean Discourse on Coping with the Loss of a Beloved Parent
Dealing with loss (even pre-emptively) has turned me to what I know... to express myself creatively. I hope these words reach past me. They have helped me look at this experience as one of life's strange gifts, even if I wish its fast conclusion, I embrace it as part of my life's rich path. Characters: … Continue reading The Beauty of Death: A Sophoclean Discourse on Coping with the Loss of a Beloved Parent
Midweek Poems – Reaching Perfection
WARNING: SENSITIVE THEME AND CONCEPTS. READER DISCRETION ADVISED. Notes: I'm starting this post with my notes, instead of finishing with them, because of the tone and nature of this particular poem. This is the darkest poem I've written to date. The odd thing is that I have no memory of what I was feeling, nor why I was … Continue reading Midweek Poems – Reaching Perfection
The New Renaissance Mindset 