Warning Against the Wasted Life
How easy is it to waste your life? We work. We ponder. We rarely live. We prefer complaining over action. We want tears of understanding stead of a hand up out of a pit.
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Dying to Live the Carceral Artist Life
J. D. Salinger, John Hughes, Greta Garbo, and Thomas Pynchon. Writer, director, actress, and another writer — but what do they have in common? Simply put, they all are, or were, seekers of intensive privacy even though they live(d) public lives. They all sought to create Art and then chose to retreat back into their own private world to enjoy their lives without the intrusion of cameras or interviewers.
Ten Sixty-Six
Breathless, stumbling — she looked back and saw regret chasing yearning.
Acting in Everyday Life
Many non-theatre students who take an acting class think two things: It will be an easy class and acting is pretending to be something you are not. They are always fearful to learn how wrong they are on both counts. The good students overcome their overweening to discover new niches of existence and broader planes of self discovery.
Eyes as the Sign of Life
We used to think breath was the sign of life — and while that may be true in real life — online, your life is found in your eyes. I know you have no idea what I’m talking about, so go to — MP Change — and look at the lifelike image. The eyes are alive and stalking you!
Machine Over Man
We love a good “The Robots Are Coming” story and we always get a thrill as we contemplate the idea that one day our toaster will turn against us and brown us instead of our daily bread, but when the Big Thinkers get together to warn each other about machines that can think on their own and react without us, we begin to pee our pants a wee bit.
Dying to Die: Failing New Jersey Palliative Care
Dr. Michelle Reisner, medical director of the Palliative Care program at Jersey City Medical Center, isn’t out to kill you — but she does want to help you die with dignity and grace.
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