Impermanence is Your Power

Untrue Confessions

The first person “relationship” stories I see on YouTube now are exactly the same as the old True Confessions magazine stuff — all fiction, of course, but purportedly real. 

My mother used to write some of those magazine articles — “I Lived in My Car,” “I Married to Get a Green Card,” that kind of thing, and she enjoyed doing it.

For the reader, this kind of thing can generate personal interest along the lines of the old Ann Landers or Dear Abby newspaper columns.

What You're Worth

 

Love of Life

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My friend Jim Hampton remarked, "I love Mondrian. It's such a great quote and an important practice. It makes life into being like a good meal. You don't eat the entire plate's contents in one gulp. You savor each little bite and make it last."

The Example by W.H. Davies

The Ugly Mirror of Reality TV

My friend Dan said, "I couldn't agree more, Dan-o. I feel a sense of how pathetic our culture is just from seeing them advertised. I instantly think to myself of how repulsive it is that they give people a voice who nothing to offer but vacuous vanity wrapped in gratuitous accoutrement."

I feel exactly the same way. Long ago, Survivor got busy teaching young people that cheating, backstabbing and phony, devious "affection" was the way to get ahead.

Song of the Thrush