Articles About Life Philosophy :: Page 2

• BLOG— Alive in Bechtlandia

  By Audrey HackettOctober 27, 2015

  

  Finally, hunched over in supplication, I practically clawed at the next Docker-clad salesperson I saw and got the beautiful specificity of “aisle nine.” At that moment, no words in the English language were more splendid. Aisle nine. Possibly the world’s shortest, most perfect poem.

• BLOG— Down the rabbit hole

  By Audrey HackettOctober 6, 2015

  

  My legs were pumping at a rate that suggested the Rabbit’s “I’m late, I’m late!” more than the dreamy, psychedelically mellowed Caterpillar. Every time I noticed how fast I was going, I slowed down. That’s all you can really do: notice, and let your grip go.

• BLOG— Do I repeat myself?

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 29, 2015

  

  More reliably than memory, writing holds the trace of who you were and are. Often this is talked about in terms of measuring the distance between the two.

• BLOG— Refusing to bend

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 15, 2015

  

  Suppleness, or its lack, is on my mind, and not just because the world is experiencing its annual arteriosclerosis. Change, any change, triggers in me a sort of panic.