WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

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Oprah

March 3, 2008

A New Earth, The Happiness Hypothesis, Oprah, and me

Well, although I’m still not sure why I’m doing this (possibly just to set myself a task) I’ve decided on an approach. I have finished The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, by Jonathan Haidt; and quickly read A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle. Quickly, because I’ll be… Continue reading

A New Earth

A New Earth, Books, Eckhart Tolle, Jonathan Haidt, New Age, Oprah, psychology, skepticism, spirituality, The Happiness Hypothesis
March 1, 2008

Has Oprah Learned?

I can’t believe I’m doing this. At the encouragement of a friend, I am reading a New Age book, and participating in a New Age event. Next Monday, Oprah’s Book Club is presenting a Live Web Event: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, with author Eckhart Tolle. This is from Tolle’s invitation to… Continue reading

A New Earth

A New Earth, Books, Eckhart Tolle, New Age, Oprah, skepticism, spirituality, The Secret

Ancestral (Artificial )Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, writing is how I think, and I prefer to do it myself. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

I have changed this from Artificial to Ancestral, after Abi Awomosu @ Substack. This medium was made with human history, human thought. All of it, bright and dark. It is ancestral.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

Oprah

A New Earth, The Happiness Hypothesis, Oprah, and me

Has Oprah Learned?