Poetry by Phil Buttà from his collection “The Listening Man” available free from Phil via pdf. I clearly see where my sadness sleeps,With all the broken toys it keeps,With whispered lies and feral …

Poetry by Phil Buttà from his collection “The Listening Man” available free from Phil via pdf. I clearly see where my sadness sleeps,With all the broken toys it keeps,With whispered lies and feral threats,With bloodstained fingers tearful regrets. The crowded head with crazy dreams,The hurtful cries and frightened screams.So, yes, I see where my sadness hides…

ME You know, I have to recognize that my whole life I have tried to stay inspired and interested and creative… I have done some pretty spectacular things and I have met and loved so many wonderful people. There are always setbacks. We can never appreciate our accomplishment if we don’t know what it feels like to fail on occasion - we need to have balance.

WHAT IS ON MY MIND THESE DAYS Some of us go through life only on the surface… Never below; and they insist that is enough. Anything other than what is means nothing. Value less. So what about those who do not "see" the need; or fail to see it? Whatever relationships that exist on one side? The physical superficial level?

In Eric Hoffer’s “The True Believer,” Phase III marks the consolidation stage where mass movements, led by pragmatic “men of action,” often falter, devolving into bure…

In Eric Hoffer’s “The True Believer,” Phase III marks the consolidation stage where mass movements, led by pragmatic “men of action,” often falter, devolving into bure…

In Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer," Phase III marks the consolidation stage where mass movements, led by pragmatic "men of action," often falter, devolving into bureaucracy or irrelevance. MAGA, as a modern exemplar, appears to be unraveling, its fervent energy dissipating amid internal fractures and electoral setbacks. Hoffer's seminal work dissects the lifecycle of mass movements, from inception to potential oblivion.

In Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer," Phase III marks the consolidation stage where mass movements, led by pragmatic "men of action," often falter, devolving into bureaucracy or irrelevance. MAGA, as a modern exemplar, appears to be unraveling, its fervent energy dissipating amid internal fractures and electoral setbacks. Hoffer's seminal work dissects the lifecycle of mass movements, from inception to potential oblivion.

Part One: The Church of Self We move beyond the loud, brash chaos that surrounds us, beyond the packaged bible of comfort and acquiescence, to search for the borderlands of truth and knowledge. We …

Part One: The Church of Self We move beyond the loud, brash chaos that surrounds us, beyond the packaged bible of comfort and acquiescence, to search for the borderlands of truth and knowledge. We walk to the outer edges of the approved reality, the one invented for us by media priests and marketers of success, by the quiet architects of acceptability and accomplishment.