Humour & perspective
Apparently enlightenment is now rechargeable
A charger, a vibration test, and a little throne tucked inside the language.
Read the piece ↗HUMOUR · A LITTLE IRREVERENCE
Room to laugh,
too.
Sometimes the most confident explanation in the room deserves a raised eyebrow.
The humour here is interested in certainty, superiority and the strange things ordinary life does to a grand claim. Genuine suffering is not the punchline. Neither is someone simply having a belief.
AN OPEN QUESTION
Wisdom or Bollocks?
An occasional look at the sayings we pass around as wisdom. What helps? What gets lost? What happens when a useful thought becomes an instruction for everyone?
The collection is taking shape. Full, approved pieces will be added here.
MEET THE CAST
Very certain people.
Very ordinary problems.
01 · A RECURRING CHARACTER
SHE
Facebook’s busiest unnamed woman. The narrator keeps announcing her transformation; she would quite like an ordinary afternoon.
Meet SHE in the first piece ↗02 · A RECURRING CHARACTER
The Spiritual Warrior
A coincidence rarely escapes without being interpreted. Everyday life becomes a succession of spiritual manoeuvres.
First full piece to follow.
03 · A RECURRING CHARACTER
SHOMO
Utterly convinced he has cracked existence. An ordinary observation becomes a universal doctrine, complete with a very confident explanation.
Guided meditations and further explanations to follow.
04 · A RECURRING CHARACTER
The Empath
They know exactly how you feel. Even when you don’t. An earnest certainty that leaves surprisingly little room for your own account.
First full piece to follow.