Anyone who snarks at a clip like this is dead inside. Barely human. This is a profound expression of marital love. Perhaps the most profound expression we’ve heard from any public figure in many years.
The Tower of Babel is one of the most famous stories in the Bible — despite being only 235 words long.
It has inspired plenty of art and endless speculation down the centuries: what might it have looked like? was it based on a real building?
Here are some potential answers...
This painting is over 500 years old, but looks like it could have been made yesterday.
It might seem like an acid trip - it's actually the greatest warning about sin ever painted... (thread) 🧵
Here is another excerpt from my forthcoming book, 'We Who Wrestle With God', set to release on November 19th, 2024.
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Those who lie do not live or even truly have their life.
They substitute for that life the life of the lie and, in doing so, turn their eternal souls (and that is the right level of symbolic analysis) over to the king of the damned. Those who lie miss the adventure of their life.
So what?
If the use of deception enhances power—if it brings about hedonic delight—if it allows for the avoidance of responsibility, the quelling (however false in some absolute sense) of anxiety, or the circumvention of pain, why not indulge? The world is meaningless anyway, and the liar who wins may lie, but still wins.
Why is this quite rational rationalization unreliable?
First, perhaps, because it is naught but a manifestation of the spirit of the lie, attempting in its characteristic way to justify its default to deception.
Second, however, for a deeper reason: the meaning of life is in adventure, and the adventure that is true is literally to be found in the truth.
Chapter 12 | Truth as Adventure
Watching the players take the field thinking to myself, “I remember when this was me.”
It was never me. But also, it was me.
#PatriotsDynastyForever#SuperBowl
You’re Morally Obligated to Do Remarkable Things. Why?
Well, partly because life is so difficult and challenging that unless you give it everything you have, the chances are very high that it will embitter you. And then you'll be a force for darkness. That’s not good.
Also, the fact that life is short and can be brutal can terrify you into hiding. But you can flip that on its head and understand that since you're all in, you might as well take the adventurous risks. That's a very good thing to understand.
What is also useful to understand is that there isn't anything more adventurous than the truth. This is something that took me a long time to figure out. You can craft your words to get what you want.
if you're attempting to say what you believe to be true and attempting to act in the manner that you think is most appropriate, that's genuinely you. If you're trying to live in the truth, you have the force of reality behind you, and that seems like a good deal. You have the reality and the adventure.
So, why is that a moral obligation?
Well, if you hide and you don't let what's inside of you out—and you don't bring into the world what you could bring—you become cynical and bitter. Not only will you not add to the world what you could add, but you'll start being jealous of people who are competent and doing well and work to destroy them.
That's the pathway to hell.
It’s been over a year since I’ve tweeted anything, but I’m here to say that it’s been 6 days since I’ve watched, and #PastLives is all I can think about.
Visually and viscerally gut-wrenchingly beautiful. Celine Song, you are a blessing to this wounded industry. Thank you 🫶🏼