“‘Do you know, master book-lover,’ he asked me, ‘this line of Paul Desjardins?’ Now are the woods all black, but still the sky is blue. ‘Is not that a fine rendering of a moment like this? May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, which […]

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Bachelard, the French philosopher and Sorbonne professor known for his constructivist epistemology and history of science studies (are you excited yet?) once started a lecture with the following: “On your way here, did you look only straight ahead of you, or did you look up at the sky, and at the left of you, and […]

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For someone who claims to thrive on spontaneity and throwing caution to the wind, I sure do make a lot of detailed to-do lists and plans of action. Like, really detailed. While I have made hasty travel plans many times, as soon as that plan is made, I fervently research everything I can about the […]

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