Oblivion With Bells

The Torments of Creative Work by Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945) Back when I grew up online, there was a word that I worried would be used against me.

A playlist I put together for my birthday in 2010.

Dedicated to Bob.

Dedicated to my children.

Who wants to talk about the climate emergency?

(above) Joy Division, photographed by Kevin Cummins on Epping Walk Bridge in Manchester, 1979 “What feeling do you have when you wake up in the morning, when your feet touch the floor?

Recently I found myself watching a documentary about Shawn Mendes, a Canadian pop singer/song-writer.

(above) The Denial of Death and Escape From Evil, both by Ernest Becker My background for wanting to read these books is deconverting from my Fundamentalist Christian beliefs in 2017.

Agony in the Garden by Correggio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agony_in_the_Garden_%28Correggio%29 I identified as a Christian for my whole life until two weeks in 2017 changed all that.

He knew straight away.

Source: ‘The Climate Super 8’ https://giki.earth/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TheClimateSuper8_final.pdf

This touching short documentary looks at themes of death & meaning through the eyes of a 97-year-old man.