Roberto Gejman

In Levinas’ way of thinking, there is no truth outside of human discourse. Discourse— the face to face encounter where we present the world to each other— is the fundamental organizational principle which creates the field in which the concepts of knowledge and truth exist and have meaning. Without discourse, we as individuals would in fact have no... See more

this is not a call to return to religion, but it might be a call to reimagine reverence and let ourselves want more than efficiency. to find a god, or something like god, in the small and the strange and the sacred.

perhaps in poetry. in friendship. in lighting a candle and in choosing silence when there’s pressure to perform. and in remembering tha... See more

sanity, in this view, is just compliance that has been culturally sanctioned. it is not a measure of truth, it is a measure of usefulness.

so when you feel like you’re losing it and you can’t keep up or when you spiral when the world feels uninhabitable, it might not be because something is wrong with you. it might be because your body is trying to ... See more

Everything is hard in some way. It’s hard to be in the wrong relationship. It’s hard to be in the right one. It’s hard to be broke and miserable, it’s hard to achieve your dreams. It’s hard to be stuck in the middle, not really feeling anything at all. Everything is hard, but you choose your hard. You choose what’s worth it. You don’t choose whethe... See more