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The Square Root of Ominous Existentialism is Just Prayer, I Guess

This morning the rising sun shone through the window directly into the shower, directly into the water on my face, fracturing into light beams directed to my soul – I had a vision of an image of a version of me stripped down to… Continue Reading “The Square Root of Ominous Existentialism is Just Prayer, I Guess”

Nudging – a Media Ethics Concern

This is another college essay, by me, initially titled, The Ethics of Media Nudging, submitted 8/28/25               “Of course people have always tried to influence one another. Sometimes this has been done through blandishments or discussion, sometimes through commercial sponsorship, highway billboards or religious… Continue Reading “Nudging – a Media Ethics Concern”

A Nudge Toward Freedom

a final “journey paper” for Media Ethics course, written August 28, 2025             This whole thing was born out of a sense of profound weariness; it was my panicked answer to a year of continuous failure, my attempt to avoid further ego death. Or,… Continue Reading “A Nudge Toward Freedom”

The End Times or the Great Awakening – Whose Story is it?

God reaches out. God is not bi- or multi- lingual, but omniscient, all-language-speaking, the OG chameleon, a force that is undefinable – all that to say it’s not about which story is the true one, or truest of them all. The stories are love-letters… Continue Reading “The End Times or the Great Awakening – Whose Story is it?”

At War with Desire

“I am at war with my desire; I keep trying to be free of it … but I’m tortured instead,” I said to him, this man I regard so highly.  He said, after an extremely Buddhist pause, “the teaching is not to be rid… Continue Reading “At War with Desire”