by Think In The Morning | Jun 21, 2021 | More |
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without Improvement are the roads of genius.” William Blake The lowly tanoak even when dying or dead elevates my mood. Literature is replete with the trope of the frightening forest. For example, Dante lost...
by Think In The Morning | Jun 9, 2021 | More |
As we slowly read the Doleful City of God by Adriana Diaz Enciso (translating from Spanish to English as we go), we are at the same time revisiting the work of William Blake upon whom Enciso’s book is based. The current blog is based on Blake’s concept...
by Think In The Morning | Jun 1, 2021 | Mexico, More |
This life’s dim windows of the soulDistorts the heavens from pole to poleAnd leads you to believe a lieWhen you see with, not through, the eye. William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel Adriana Díaz Enciso is a Mexican poet, essayist, translator and writer. I...
by Think In The Morning | May 25, 2021 | More |
Last year Think in the Morning posted our Best Commencement Speech Ever by David Foster Wallace. There have been many great commencement addresses over the years. Undoubtedly there will be more. We still think DFW’s is one of the best and we read and listen to it...
by Think In The Morning | May 13, 2021 | Words |
Rue de Marchands I made my fortune selling hot dogsalong the Rue de Marchandsand am left now to squander itamong the fig trees of paradise. I made my fortune selling investmentsalong the boulevardsand am left now to squander itamong the fig trees of...
