I Can Read Your Mind

“The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature are also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity for empathy.” ‘kay, whatever, I’m gonna play Call of Duty now. Continue reading →

15 Minute Energy Review – The Fault In Our Stars

John Green is one of my favorite living authors.  He writes very intelligent young adult novels about some of the toughest facts of life, and he does so with blunt grace and fake references to modern culture. For other writers, grace and bluntness may cancel each other out.  But John has a way of showing you the unfortunate … Continue reading →

“Suffer and understand, for all that is life.”

“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.” -Jiddu Krishnamurti Continue reading →