Category Archives: TSK Online Fall/Winter 2008/2009

David writes, “I am so and so, and . . . I [must] behave like him.” That’s indeed how we make sense of our lives. I remember a line spoken by a character in a short story by Lionel Trilling, … Continue reading →

It’s very nice to see all the activity these last few days, and to see the vigor with which you are pursuing inquiry. Reaching back to what’s been posted since my last post, here are some comments: Christopher, I’m glad … Continue reading →

I suspect this post falls short of the criteria set, but my will to submit is lapsing from mixed feelings in making a working connection to the ‘stuff’ we’re covering, and discovering how I actually relate to life, especially as I … Continue reading →

I was taking a walk thru Golden Gate Park this week thinking about story.  I was letting my mind wander then noticing the stories it came up with and trying to notice the relation of the stories to myself, my … Continue reading →

In “Stranger than Fiction” there is a sentence: the hero is dying – but the story is living for ever? As if the “stories” have no relevance, as if they where interchangeable. But they aren´t, I think and feel so … Continue reading →

One question also came up for me during the Sunday call.  Jack, I believe at one point towards the end of the call, you mentioned something about ‘storyless’ experience — or drew a distinction between ‘story’ and ‘storyless’ (playing on … Continue reading →

…in our today´s conference call towards the end a question came up, repeating in my mind, but this sound had already occured to indicate, we are running out of time. So I just post it… I was wondering, if not … Continue reading →

A Tower of Tales I seem to be surrounded by stories. I tell them, and in a sense, they tell me. I can think of how I am my story, the whole lineage of struggles and triumphs, the forays into … Continue reading →