Day: July 4, 2021

Literature, Media&Culture, Philosophy, PsychologyLeave a comment

Rilke on the Relationship Between Solitude, Love, Sex, and Creativity

Fernando Kaskais

“There is only one solitude, and it is large and not easy to bear… People are drawn to the easy and to the easiest side of the easy. But it is clear that we must hold ourselves to the difficult.” BY MARIA POPOVA “You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love,” artist Louise Bourgeois wrote in her diary in her seventy-seventh year as she looked back on a long and lush life to consider the central role of solitude in creativity. A generation before her, recognizing that “works of art arise … Continue reading Rilke on the Relationship Between Solitude, Love, Sex, and Creativity

Buddhism, Future, History, Philosophy, PsychologyLeave a comment

Buddhism and the Real World

Fernando Kaskais

For most of its history, the dharma has had little to offer in the domain of social action. But that’s OK. By Donald S. Lopez Jr.  / Illustrations Jonathon Rosen  Over forty years ago, I set out for India to conduct my dissertation research at a Tibetan refugee monastery. Shortly after arriving, I was taken to meet the abbot. In my few days there, I had become concerned that many of the young monks—boys who seemed to be between 8 and 16—had large scabs on their shaved heads, something that I assumed was a treatable skin condition. I was on a … Continue reading Buddhism and the Real World