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The Mountains
Being surrounded by mountains can make us realize how big and vast nature is. It is famously said by Schopenhauer that we can feel how little we are as humans and that the beauty of the nature of nature has the capacity to make us forget ourselves altogether. Schopenhauer has argued in his book “The World as Will and Representation” that we can experience the sublime while being engaged in watching the splendor that is everywhere around us. In this work, he describes the sublime as an experience that arises when we are confronted with the vastness and power of nature, which makes us aware of our own smallness and insignificance. Art too, says Schopenhauer, has this very same capacity of making us experience the sublime, dissolving our very own ego.
By Aomame3 years ago in Chapters
Come on bite
Determination was wearing us out. "Hello, folks, let me come fishing with you, I guarantee I won't garbage about once more." Jeff probably said that multiple times. Martin and I traded looks. Jeff had come on an early morning excursion to Hertford Trench with us once. We'd cycled along void paths, the sun shimmering in the green shelter overhanging the street, past the notorious Clibbon's post, denoting an outlaw's grave, and down to the abandoned waterway, where fog rose, steaming and ethereal. Following an hour of finding nothing more significant than minnows, Jeff had invested his energy tossing stones at ducks and cutting his name into a remembrance seat. At absolutely no point in the future! we'd concurred.
By James Mwale3 years ago in Chapters
Chapter 5: Different
Middle School wasn't anything like Waldorf. In Waldorf, each grade had its own room. Other than gym or recess, it was the teachers who would come to the classrooms to teach! There was no crowded halls, no madcap scramble.
By Malcolm Roach3 years ago in Chapters
In Memoriam
Dear Uncle Kent - I wish I had been able to see you and discuss my appreciation for you before you passed, but it didn't happen. I intended for things to go differently within the family - I guess we all fall victim to our intentions. So here I am, regardless of my intention, addressing this letter to you, in honor of our relationship, sadly, after your death. It seems ironic that it is commonplace to speak of the wonderful attributes a person carried with them throughout life, only to be noted after their death. Why is that? Why do we withhold the sharing of our love until after death, when the impacts of those truths upon the deceased are of no value to them anymore?
By KJ Aartila3 years ago in Chapters
Fifteen
I was only fifteen. I still had braces on my teeth and frizzy hair. My refuge was a night with my friends; talking, laughing, playing the role of normal. My friend, Tony, was at the helm of this adventurous night, and pulled into my driveway to drop me off.
By Jennifer Warren3 years ago in Chapters
Health Sabbatical (Hiatus)
I did not want my bad health to define me . There is a saying, “ Your health is your wealth.” I was never absent at work unless my body completely breakdown. I was not absent until something terrible happen to my body in 1999, right before spring.
By Mariann Carroll3 years ago in Chapters
The Enchantress’ Challenge: Maze of Misery
Kavarus finishes reading the next clue and turns to Lyendah and Waylon. “My journey continues, but what will you do now?”
By Clever&WTF3 years ago in Chapters
Life's Maturing Ingredients
Draped over the lamp shade, a tassel acknowledged Nuosirdus’ moral academic obligation to society ‘completed’. Shining down, an illuminating bulb brightened the report card confirming she did everything correctly in the socially sanitized, contained classroom.
By Marc OBrien3 years ago in Chapters
Echoes of Resilience: Embracing the Journey of Dreams
In the heart of my journey, amidst the swirling currents of academic challenges and dreams that seemed just beyond my reach, I found a profound love for the path I had chosen. It was a journey that unfolded with countless lessons, unexpected twists, and moments of deep introspection. The winds of uncertainty buffeted against me, but I embraced them with an unyielding spirit, discovering that the pursuit itself was the treasure I sought.
By Uswa Naaz3 years ago in Chapters
Keep On Going
Warning: contains references to depression and the church's attitude towards the LGBTQI+ community. Chapter 2: A Brand New and Difficult Beginning
By George Hall3 years ago in Chapters
A room with no view
I have been in this room with no views for four years now. But the view from my ability to see the Lord and his name is Jesus. We first met when I was struggling with my anxiety and depression, which I pursued in trying the drugs that I remember the teenagers of my time used. Trips, and cocaine. Only I was to encounter an experience like no other.
By Dawn Earnshaw3 years ago in Chapters
Driven
So, I didn’t think I would write anything for this challenge, because the premise feels weird to me. When is the middle of my life. Has it passed? I hope it’s in the future. But here is an anecdote from a comment I left on Leslie Writes’s story, "Who Taught You How to Drive?”, about how I learned to drive.
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Chapters