5 steps to taming materialism

(this post was written by Kyle on August 8, 2007, and it concerns & & )

From 5 steps to taming materialism: “So much of what we hold on to is what we wish we were using — objects that commemorate a life we aspire to but do not have. The six books we bought a year ago and haven’t read, for example. We don’t want to admit that we’re not [...]

What I Learned During the Week of January 22-28

(this post was written by Kyle on January 27, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

Last Friday, I introduced a new feature here on Fluid Imagination called Gobbledygook. The Gobbledygook posts are a catch-all for the things I’ve learned over the past week. So, why don’t we get started?
Here’s what I learned this week…

…from moving pictures:

That the tragedy of Malcolm X is not that he was killed, but that he [...]

Not home

(this post was written by Kyle on December 20, 2005, and it concerns & & & )

I’m down in the Boston-area for the next 10 days or so, and I gotta tell ya, I can’t wait to get back to Vermont. I mean, I love my family and friends and it’s great to see them and all, but I just don’t like the whole “people everywhere” kind of thing that the [...]