How would what we consider to be ‘living’ change if we could live forever? Well for one, you probably wouldn’t … More
Category: On death
Cracking the screen of your phone and Death = same thing
The problem with death is that a lot of us are shit scared of it and hate to talk about … More
Every time you do ANYTHING could be for the last time
The only reason I didn’t want to get a tattoo on the weekend was because I wouldn’t be able to … More
Missing the point #5: Our understanding of death – what are we on about? We’ve got no idea. (+ Neil Strauss on statues and commerative days)
Humans understand a bunch of shit. We can split the atom, build the Large Hadron Collider and launch and then land a … More
A Deep Dive into: Fear [pt.2] – The Fear of Dying Alone
With Halloween days away, this is a I-haven’t-decided-how-many part long form examination of the one emotion that drives most, if … More
A Deep Dive into: Fear [pt.1] – The Fear of Death
Halloween’s only a few days ago so it’s a perfect time to explore the emotion that drives most, if not … More
There’s only one thing that’s permanent, one thing that lasts forever [Another student of mine inspires me]
I love death. But not because it’s cool and I want to do it, but because acknowledging the fact it’s 100000000% going … More
The philosophy of: one of my students – Life isn’t like Benjamin Button
Time goes in one way. Never in history has it gone backwards (except this one time, at 1:10). Yet, from … More
Is there a Guinness World Record for the ESL teacher who talks about death the most? Because I think I got it. [+ another student of mine inspires me]
Today in my class I had my students complete the end of conditional sentences so they were true for them … More