Sleep—which, when things go well, consumes a third of our lives—poses two opposed existential perplexities. The first is about consciousness: we know that we sleep, but cannot know that we are sleeping, since sleep is, in its nature, non-present. The second perplexity has to do with what we can, in fact, remember, and that is the experience of dreams. While engaged in the non-knowable act of sleeping, we also learn nightly that it is possible to know that we have had vivid, intense, unforgettable experiences that are, at the same time, delusions. Sleep tells us that there are black holes outside the possibility of narrative description; the dreams we have when we’re sleeping tell us that our entire existence might be a narrative fiction.
Posts in category “Link”
Although I've claimed this for years, Patrick Rhone put it up online, so it must be true.
Guys. Dudes. Men.
Life is this simple.
Where you've nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Life of Chuck (2025) →
The Life of Chuck (2025) is such a disappointment.
The trailers make it look like a much better, and put together, film than it actually is.
I wonder if King’s novella is just as bad, or rather the film is simply a poor adaptation.
My new notetaking system: Don't take notes →
"None if it really matters, though."
Aside from this blog, I've mostly given up on digital note taking.
I'm at a computer enough each day for work that the last thing I want to do is spend more time in front of a screen, even if it is to write or take notes.
I love the idea of taking notes of everything I am reading, but again this requires more time in front of a screen and to what end?
Aside from a daily journaling habit that I began six months ago, which I plan to share some thoughts on, an intermittent reflective writing practice that I participate when I visit my local coffee shop, and a new daily notes practice for my paid work— I've mostly given up on note taking.
It's not worth the time, effort, or headspace. I would rather be living life than thinking about how I'm going to write about living life.
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