seanessay.com I wonder how many times we come across the words “hierarchy” and “patriarchy,” often mentioned in the same sentence, without truly knowing the definitions. It’s easy to keep our eyes lowered, our consciousness lowered. In his pre-war memoir Bugles and a Tiger, a young peach fuzzed lieutenant, (subaltern), Robert Masters, learned not to complain […]
On a Cheery Child Note
seanessay.com Last week’s piece on Art ended on a grim note, so I surveyed my old Friday Free Fall writings for cheery childhood stuff. …We gather Friday mornings to have a “prompt,” of a word or phrase, then write swiftly, roughly, no parachute, no ‘do overs.’ … Prompt-the little people … Some like it hot, […]
Art Easing Life
seanessay.com This week, some art smacked me right into bed with my clothes on. How to describe it? No, it wasn’t a painting that distressed me, although for some folks a picture can be awfully rough. Every year around this time the Imaginus poster sale makes the rounds of campuses. One reproduction is always bigger […]
When Ego Hurts Groups
seanessay.com As a warning to individuals Derek Sivers blogged Ego is the Enemy. I am alarmed by ego within groups, so I commented twice on his post, and wrote him a letter too. With some parts omitted, to stay under 900 words, (plus many silly comments) here are my concerns: Letter …omitted… Derek, I told […]
Getting to Nice
seanessay.com This week I mentioned “kind,” and this month I mentioned my Toastmasters club, a club “for public speaking and leadership.” One night, as usual, my club meeting opened with a brief “introduction question.” The chairman asked us to “Please say your name and What are you known for?” In his case, he was known […]
Google, Culture and Kindness
seanessay.com A blog I have bookmarked, by celebrity-teacher Seth Godin, this week (Nov 22-23) has a short post on kindness, right below a short post on google. Seth’s trademark is short posts. The kindness post graphed how the word “kind” has been used in books, over the past 200 years, far, far more often than […]