A reflection on retirement, what it means to work, and what will become of our work when we're done.
Author: Brandon Garrett
Paradox of Self
Those who are alive only in themselves—whose existence is the illusionary fabrication of self-determination and the paradoxically destructive work of self-actualization—are perpetually bound to themselves as source, unable to turn to the world around and too occupied with the frantic, unending work of fashioning their own image. Being slavishly occupied with such pursuits, they are…
You Found Me
Waiting for you to be here. For him. For us. For me. I stare. A reflection of my apathy. My soul an empty cavity cut by torrents raging too long. And it feels like you’re long gone. I’m on time borrowed and unwanted. Abandoned to live in the shadow of death in sorrow upon sorrow.…
To Know the World (and Love it Still)
There are few films that deftly and profoundly expose the shallowness of our empathy, our lack of willingness to inhabit the burdens of others. One such film is Hotel Rwanda, a story set against the backdrop of the unthinkable atrocity of the Rwandan genocide. In the short span of three months, nearly one million people…
An Unexpected Providence
Chaos. Unrest. The enemies of peace and unwanted guests in my mind. Please cease! They suffocates and bury, accomplices invisible. But I’m too blind to see them because I’m trying be visible. Unbreaking clouds of confusion covering my view of the conclusion of things I wish were untrue. Death, too soon, has clinched your daughter,…
Scandalous Paradox & Divine Persistence
Dynamic stories often employ narrative shifts, the point in the plot where the story or storytelling changes focus. Perhaps the story is told from a different perceptive or the action changes location. While it might seem like narrative shifts can cause confusion with their sudden movement, in the hands of skilled storytellers, they actually serve…