Chapter Two: The First Earthrise
All human suffering concerns every other human being.
— Václav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation, 1 January 1990
The photograph that changed how the human race understood itself was taken...
Elsewhere
In Search of Lost Attention
Part One — The View from Out Here
At that moment I seem somehow to understand the extraordinary saying that there shall be no more time.
— Prince Myshkin, in Fyodor Dostoevsky,...
CHAPTER FIVE
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
Bsharri
He was born on 6 January 1883, in the village of Bsharri, high in the mountains of what is now Lebanon — then part of the Ottoman Empire's Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate,...
The Scent of Greene Papaya
Vietnam Voices
“The smell: that’s the first thing that hits you, promising everything in exchange for your soul.”
— Graham Greene
"Không có chuyện gì xảy ra, nhưng mọi thứ diễn ra thật...
The View From Nowhere
A philosophical investigation into perception, thought, and being
The eye cannot see itself.
— Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 5.633
For Canard
I absolutely adore ducks; I’ve nibbled on their webs and sucked on their tongues in...
Be Cos - Reflections on the Lake
The expansive Inle Lake in southern Shan State, Myanmar, is calm, tranquil and alluring. Its beauty is seductive, but like the siren’s song it carries questions—questions not...
CRAB FEST -CODA & EPILOGUE: Decapoda Brachyura
"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art!"
— Grimod de La Reynière
Decapoda Brachyura
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain, sometimes referred to as...
CRAB FEST -ACT FIVE: Guillotine Gastronomy
“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”
― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Let them Eat Crab!
When he...
