Reading The Bhagavad Gita - Intro
In 2 weeks we will begin a new series exploring the Bhagavad Gita as a means of orienting oneself within the vast and fascinating literature and thought of classical Hindu thought. An extraordinary an...
18 Apr 19min
Addendum on "Beauty": Piet Oudolf and Georgia O’Keeffe
A reflection on the power of biography to inspire and help guide us in our pursuit of beauty. These two examples are, at least for me, immensely helpful in shaking off the cultural assumptions and out...
17 Apr 24min
Values: Ep. 3 - Beauty
With Health, Beauty has historically been considered an intrinsic value. However, our contemporary society does not just undervalue beauty, it actively works to prevent beauty from being perceived eit...
13 Apr 58min
Is the US a Democracy?
Not a rhetorical ploy, but an actual question. The strange form of American ‘Democracy’ today raises the very real idea that at some point a lack of competition in elections, the duopoly of the hold o...
10 Apr 47min
Values: Ep. 2 - Health
Often discussed as an ‘implicit’ good, health is nonetheless a relatively low priority in many modern societies. We have both a poor understanding of what constitutes health as well as a strong cultur...
6 Apr 57min
The Power of Abstraction
A reflection on our capacity to overwhelm our actual experience of the world with abstract concepts that somehow is often more powerful than even our immediate physical surroundings. I was prompted to...
3 Apr 28min
Values: Ep. 1 - Introduction
A brief introduction to the field of values and why they matter as a subject of reflection. Fundamentally, we understand the world through our values so reflecting on our values and potentially even c...
30 Mar 45min
Biography
A brief argument in favor of reading biographies as a warmup for a new series that will be coming very soon!Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON community to get your questions answered by Wes! (Yes, Wes is very...
27 Mar 36min
