1. I know David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech is old news (5 plus years old news), but I’ve only recently read it. It’s a beautiful speech. DFW’s honesty–he presses himself right up against his words. You can almost hear his heart beat through them, urgent and (still) bright. I’ll leave you to his speech, if [...]
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These Little Acts of Worship Can Save You, Too
Posted in The Essays, tagged David Foster Wallace, motherhood, Poetry, Psychology, religion, Suicide, Theology, Worship on November 4, 2010 | 7 Comments »
It’s (Not) a Pity
Posted in The Essays, tagged christianity, homelessness, love, nietzsche, philosophy, pity, Poverty, religion, suffering, writing on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(From Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman) A common way for the sufferer to acquire all her holy shading and light is through pity, weather it be pity directed from and towards the self, or pity offered up from another. When I was staying with my friend (now husband), Josh, I would walk [...]
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