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I’ve just finished the section on early Buddhism and am now moving on to later branches like Mahayana and Zen. The approach of this book so far has been so interesting to me because it’s written in the form of the philosophy I have background in, covering the concepts of a philosophy that I’m much more new to. That contrast between subject and form is uniquely insightful, and I’m exited to see where it goes.

this and a view

This is what I’m talking about

rocks

Please forgive me for the rabbit hole I'm about to go down

Wayne...

aaaaahhhhhh

This book is literally an unbelievable literary accomplishment…there’s nothing like it.

time & space, energy & matter, light & null

I switched over to the audiobook because I'm reading so many other books for my courses. But the audiobook is world-famous, and now I can see why...it's unbelievably good. Listening feels like wandering through the dreamscape of this alternative North America that DFW created.

Crabs and shrimp, among other things

"For a poetically produced documentary, I do not see any good sonic solution outside of a musical score. Nevertheless, in several days, I have to turn a documentary on aquatic animals into a talkie. Faith won't keep me silent." -Painlevé

“Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas.”

"...it is life that gives unto life -- while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness."

It is so wonderful to draw inspiration from unexpected places. My MFA program is overwhelmingly dominated by topics of natural history in the life sciences, but there is so much natural history to explore beyond our atmosphere. There is no Earth without the Sun; their natural histories are one. But is the Sun alive?

I’m hooked

Wow, even just the introduction has me thinking so many thoughts. I never would have imagined that such a book would have me drawing connections to Heraclitus and panpsychism -- and wondering about the personhood of glalaxies, collections of bodies in motion. I'm really excited to see where this goes.

The prologue is written like a documentary treatment, and it is so impressive…

Picking it back up after a few weeks off