The Changing of the Seasons – A Confession
The Changing of the Seasons – A Confession Something strange happens to me about this time of year. It’s always around September/October time as the last days of summer passes the baton to the first […]
Philosophy
A writer’s life of uncertainty
There is a lot of “advice” out there for aspiring writers; some of which is incredibly helpful, some not so much. Dispensing advice is always tricky, particularly when writers try to answer the one big […]
The body without organs, Cyborg Artists and the question about body and its identity
From Da Vinci’s anatomical sketches to Rembrandt’s The anatomy lessons of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) and even the recent creation Virgin Mother (2006) of Damien Hirst, the anatomy and the exploration of inner body has […]
A Defence of Philosophy: Reason and Imagination
In his essay, ‘A Defence of Poetry’, Shelley distinguishes reason from imagination in the following way: “Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. Reason is to imagination as the instrument to the […]