by Harvey Lillywhite An accidental life. An intentional life. I weigh these propositions. I find myself, a man of 56, palms turned to heaven, shoulders shrugging, at the heart of me, bewildered.Morning asks for an end to melancholy. It's amazing, already the roots Tap further down like white canes In their clear jars of water. To the sun lifting from the dark, The … [Read more...] about Captain Hope and the Accidental Life.
Harvey Lillywhite.
The Garden of Eden: A Zen Jeremiad.
by Harvey LillywhiteGrowing up in Utah as a non-believer among a semi-Christian sect whose aspirations included world domination (they already had the whole state) and whose doctrine led it to trust that we are all now living in the latter days before the profound rupture (some would say rapture) that will finally divide the wheat from the chaff, spiritually speaking, you might … [Read more...] about The Garden of Eden: A Zen Jeremiad.
An Interview with Sisyphus: Breathing Underwater
by Harvey Lillywhite H: Thank you for agreeing to talk with me. I’m so excited to meet you. You’ve always been a kind of personal hero of mine. S: I’m not proud of how I lived, but here in the underworld I’ve had ample time to consider. And one thing I’ve learned is that you can never accurately see another. You have no doubt read … [Read more...] about An Interview with Sisyphus: Breathing Underwater
An Interview with Sisyphus: Breathing Underwater
by Harvey Lillywhite H: Thank you for agreeing to talk with me. I’m so excited to meet you. You’ve always been a kind of personal hero of mine. S: I’m not proud of how I lived, but here in the underworld I’ve had ample time to consider. And one thing I’ve learned is that you can never accurately see another. You have no doubt read … [Read more...] about An Interview with Sisyphus: Breathing Underwater
Fairy Tales, Identity, Curiosity, and Wonder.
by Harvey Lillywhite We are our stories (read: fairy tales). I begin this little test, this essay, with those words in case we forget the profound fictional quality of our beliefs or the equally profound necessity of those fictions that, while they do sustain us, also send us off to war. Knowing that we are our fairy tales helps us to handle the word Truth with greater delicacy … [Read more...] about Fairy Tales, Identity, Curiosity, and Wonder.