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The Blog of Innocence is a chronicle of essays and meditations on social technology, science, writing, art, and life. I'm an essayist, novelist, and occasional poet.
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Balanced or not?
I've stepped back from making individual posts on my various blogs in order to gain a larger perspective. My goal is to fill these notebooks with rough drafts I will then use to make a series of blog posts. The Book of Innocence was originally inte...
Flight: Part Three
Our daily lives have crystallized into routines, patterns, and rituals. I want to hold onto these patterns because they reinforce the sense of a singular life—my life, which has to do with my goals, and my supreme sense of individuality.But when I...
Flight: Part Two
I have had this dream ever since I was a child. The dream has become a sort of refrain in my life, endlessly repeating and replenishing my interest in it.I am trying to pry into my subconscious; I am trying to decipher one of the many mysteries I ho...
Flight: Part One
When I dive from the cliff, nobody catches me . . . I can barely conceal the smile on my face as I glide-- The joy of being able to launch myself at once into a separate sphere, gives me a supreme satisfaction, an indescribable feeling. Levit...
Preface
I enjoy the reflective essay. But there are many voices and mine is only one of them. When I began blogging I wanted to create a site where I could publish lengthy quotations from the books I read. Without being in graduate school, I live the life...
