CIVIC NOW! A Two Day Celebration of The Manifesto with Lester Spence fritzbooks: Making a difference in what you believe is right can require verbally recognizing and stating it. Posting raises awareness, but results come from taking ACTION. Merely posting for “likes” does not create a solution to the problem. Read more…
CIVIC NOW! A Two Day Celebration of The Manifesto with Lester Spense fritzbooks: Punctum Books, Guide to Kulchur and the Beamer-Schneider Professorship, with thanks for the space to SPACES gallery, are co-creating a community think-in on being political on Tuesday & Wednesday the 19th and 20th of July, while national Read more…
philosophicalengineer: fritzbooks: poetry, theory, politics, philosophy – a collaborative workshop on civic forms with Lester Spence & others Objective: To construct manifestos of civic identity for our time; to give some depth-discourse as antipode to the surface disrespect-course of the national sound-byte stage Description: This two day think-in will bring Read more…
fritzbooks: poetry, theory, politics, philosophy – a collaborative workshop on civic forms with Lester Spence & others Objective: To construct manifestos of civic identity for our time; to give some depth-discourse as antipode to the surface disrespect-course of the national sound-byte stage Description: This two day think-in will bring together Read more…
Although the book cover is going to change for the relaunch this fall to hit a best seller list, some thoughts as to why for the first edition cover are below. 1) Yellow means caution, but more so in the sense that a good life is comprised of hard, passionate Read more…
“We often are taught to only focus outward in our lives. To devote our focus solely to the things outside of ourselves.” Philosophical Engineering “Well, I want to be a good person and help others.” I think that’s what he means. And is that a bad thing? “Which is perfect, Read more…
The Impression of a Good Life isn’t about being a spectator to life by just sitting on a beach somewhere warm with an alcoholic drink in your hand. It’s about finding the needs and values you desire in life and polishing, like an oyster does with grit to make a Read more…
When I think of basketball, there is a coach to make you a better player on and even off the court. When I think about my everyday activities, who is making me better? In my book, Dan who was my mentor for part of college, was a coach to me. Read more…
“OK, but I’m never going to be a professional athlete! I need to go pro in something other than sports at this point in my life.” Philosophical Engineering “And there are many ways for you to do that. You learned that there are twenty-six letters in the alphabet, twelve notes Read more…
Philosophy can be intimidating as most people don’t understand why you would even consider doing it. It can be perceived as getting only “high” in life and can’t find a “job” if you major in it. For me, philosophy is about organizing your “inner dialogue” in your head. It’s not Read more…