Teach me to care and not to care.
The latest episode of Proverbial, Losing Sleep, is on the subject of hate, which I seem to write and lecture about quite often.
After you listen to the episode, you might enjoy Hate Is Fashionable Once Again, a survey of contemporary conversations about hate.
No. 2: “House of Woodcock,” from Phantom Thread, by Jonny Greenwood.
No. 3: “Sebastian’s Theme,” from Brideshead Revisited, by Adrian Johnston.
“Parent: Are you ever tempted to let the self-care crowd into the school and then try to help them see things differently?
St. Benedict: We can do more good for the self-care crowd by sending them away.”
-from my latest for CiRCE
No. 4: “Love,” from Under The Skin, by Mica Levi.
“Parent: I am very interested in having my child attend this school.
St. Benedict: No, you’re not.”
-from St Benedict In The Admissions Office, my latest for CiRCE
No. 5: “Overtones,” from The Master, by Jonny Greenwood.
No. 6: “Mr Moustafa,” from The Grand Budapest Hotel, by Alexandre Desplat.
The Lord loves a cheerful giver, but He’ll take a reluctant one.
No. 7: “Stillness of the Mind,” from A Single Man, by Abel Korzeniowski.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.