seanessay.com “May you live all the days of your life.” Jonathan Swift, rationalist poet: (1667-1745) Physical and mental abuse, from my parents and four brothers, declined as I grew bigger. Shortly after I moved away as a teenager, and was trying to process my life, I reasoned: If I have my arms and legs chopped […]
Enlightenment in Old Age
seanessay.com They say Buddhists get their enlightenment very abruptly. I’d like that too, but for me things take a while. I’m now over Greenland thinking lofty thoughts. This morning in London I was in the Bloomsbury district, of bookstores and writers, enjoying the More Delish cafe, chatting with the owner. In my American midwest accent—where […]
Learning More About Art
seanessay.com “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust I delight in combining ideas, as in making a “braided essay.” I just found out at a deeper level that, besides seeing differently, including seeing past our culture’s foliage, not at it… painters combine things […]
Humble First Encounter With Art
seanessay.com What do art lovers know that I don’t know? I’m still learning, and on holiday I’ve just learned more. I am in London, where the British have free (link1) art galleries (link2) around Trafalgar Square with many priceless paintings: If I sold my home and car I still would not be able to afford […]
A Feminist Life and A Time Travel Novel
seanessay.com I do like people of all genders, and I don’t like having my brain washed out with soap: I’d rather be clear eyed about my lovely society—but as a long ago college student, a believer in Women’s Liberation, told me, “The truth shall set you free. But first it will make you miserable.” That […]
Sayonara Blog
seanessay.com My 175th post. A sign? And WordPress no longer has stats to show what country my visitors are from—grrr! A sign? I used to have a direct link on my desktop, now I have to jump through hoops to get into my own website. And new hoops—plural—to get my stats. Definitely a sign that […]