“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn." – Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Hegel's dialectic assumes that mutual recognition is the basis of human existence. i.e. I cannot find my place in the world unless there are other humans around me. However, as soon as I find out that there are other humans around me..I automatically start to struggle and fight to exert my strength upon the world. … Continue reading Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic & Game of Thrones
Can you believe its been three years since the series finale? Three years since the wall fell, three years since we all waited and watched in awe as the internationally known series came to a close in the most confusing (some say dissatisfying) way possible? Three years ago, I lived in New York City. As … Continue reading Three Years Later: Re-watching Game of Thrones
Sometimes it is nice to think that I have lived most of my life never wanting to make a mark on the world, never meaning to be noticed and taking in pride in my anonymity. Sure, chalk it up the fact I come from a large family or the fact that I am a twin. … Continue reading The Fear of Success
48 steps is all it takes to separate you from the piles of other peoples garbage. 48 steps to shield you from the sounds of the subway and the street. 48 steps for you to rethink your life and all your choices. 48 steps to stop and think about what is worth more: a workout … Continue reading 48 Steps Up
Almost everyone has probably been here before: you have a great pair of shoes that you love to wear. You love how you look when you wear them, you love how you feel when you wear them and you love the fact that you are prepared enough to wear them. Growing up, I never realized … Continue reading There Has To Be…
And being together all the time made everything seem even more normal.-Karen Hill, Goodfellas Living in New York is like being in the Mafia. The only people you talk to are people who live in the city. The only thing you talk about is the city. The only places you visit are in the city. … Continue reading New York City
Religious or not, most of us have heard or seen the poem about the footprints in the sand. An allegorical text, written in prose, describes an experience where someone is walking on the beach with God, each of them leave a set of footprints in the sand until the part of the journey where there … Continue reading What It Means to Walk Alone
Can you ever truly be an individual apart from a collective? Being alone builds in one a sense of self dependence and capableness that collectives inevitably try to break in each individual and inevitably succeed in most. This question stands more towards the idea that individuals only exist in reference to what they are not. … Continue reading Apart From..
There are few notable days when you are backpacking for so long. They all sort of seem to run together in an endless stream of looking for water, looking for a place to stay and making sure that no one steals your pack during the night. Something that started out as so extraordinary as walking … Continue reading Desert Day
Today I realized that I am equally afraid of failure as I am of success.
To Will One Thing 