Welcome to the Time Capsule — a weekly newsletter that serves as both my public journal and personal scrapbook. I write about the things on my mind and close to my heart in hopes that those who read it find value and enjoyment in it, and perhaps some solace too.
💭 Quote(s) of the Week
One can own the world, and still be without the inner sense of pleasure, of joy, of courage, of creation.
Rollo May
✏️ Two Days in Biarritz
Two birds perched atop the terrace.
I hear the waves,
they laugh at me, and my petty concerns.
There’s no reason for my solemn temperament.
I drink a strong coffee — it’s better here.
I imagine life here in the sand,
whether I’d be able to leave it all behind.
I entertain it, like a casual encounter.
I don’t think I could.
The trees are algorithmically generated:
perfectly straight,
with no branches except a perfect canopy.
This place is a Utopia — I know it’s not what it seems.
But I enjoy the potentiality nonetheless.
📸 Photo(s) of the Week
The Dreizinnenhütte Hut and the Tre Cime in early autumn snow in the Dolomites.
💡 Food for Thought
The poor are happy with small mercies, and the rich are unhappy with great blessings.
🔭 Sunday Best
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a representative working-age population in France: a survey experiment based on vaccine characteristics — by Schwarzinger et. al in Lancet Public Health (2021)
Rollo May: The Human Dilemma — on Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
Existential psychology emphasizes philosophic rather than psychopathological aspects of the human condition. In this animated, two-part discussion, Dr. May proposes that genuine growth comes from confronting the pain of existence rather than escaping into banal pleasures or shallow, positive thinking. Genuine joy, he says, can emerge from an appreciation of life's agonies.
David Foster Wallace on Consumerism (2003)
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