Authors Note: These are meant to be semi-artistic points to ponder for the reader, and a cathartic release for the author. Essays are the medium for carefully constructed arguments, aphorisms such as the following work well for seeding new thoughts.

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 Bertrand Russell claimed that, above ruin and death, thought is most feared by the masses; if his quote is quaint, profound, or cryptic, you are of the masses. His claim was none of these things, but a simple statement of fact regarding the great majority of humanity, as much a fact as the majorities’ desire for material gain and fear of public speaking.

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 Why do we put so much emphasis on our last breaths, the time when we look over the entirety of our lives? People exclaim that no one looks back on their lives wishing they had done this or that, and the importance of that moment of reflection goes unchallenged. What is that moment but another fleeting thought among many?

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 American culture is often a bastardization of both creativity and aesthetics. Idols you say? I get more enrichment from graffiti covered buildings.

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 “A logician I know has recently become insane.”

“Oh really?”

“Yes, and he’s now convinced that all possible worlds revolve around him.”

“So he’s conceited as well?”

“No, I mean literally.”

“Oh … Wait, isn’t that idea negated since he, himself, is within this possible world?”

“Yeah … that’s the insane part.”

“I see …”

 

Introducing The Adventures of Tyche[1][2]

As if to chide Helios for his laziness, Tyche crafts even more powerful arrows to puncture night and boast credit for the day. In her childish battle for domination, Tyche injures herself, and strikes Aphrodite as well.

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“Villagers!” Exclaimed the goddess Tyche. “I decree that all of you shall reduce the flora around your homes to a single type. Those of you who control that flora best, and allow it and it alone to flourish have produced beauty, and will be in my good graces.