Scott Kennel

Living Philosophy

2011-04-09T00:44:57Z

Many people are not interested in ideas or philosophy because it is too abstract; they may even find philosophical ideas interesting but have no desire to explore those ideas because they believe there is no practical use for them.

However...

Feature: The Mad Bastard

2011-03-31T16:00:02Z

Kevin Quain, the Quintessential, Original Garage Jazz Musician

“Precious Anarchy...‘O beauty, 'til now I never knew thee’"

2011-03-25T19:25:59Z

This is the article where I think you will lose all faith in my ideas.

Viva la Failure!

2011-03-10T22:30:35Z

The greatest state a human being can achieve is one of perpetual revolt and failure.

Fiction: Nymphs

2011-03-03T14:41:25Z

“Let’s go see if there’s anything weird in the bulrushes,” I say because I’m tired of sitting here.

We get up and start walking across the football field. At other end Laura, Caitlin and Dianne are sitting under the trees. We pass them and go down into the ditch with the long grass; they didn’t look at us. I glance over to the asphalt to see if there are any teachers—they don’t like us poking around in the ditch. Mr. Derry is walking the other way and he won’t see us.

Don't Trust the Pursuit of Happiness

2011-02-11T19:38:33Z

Happiness. That’s what everybody wants right? That’s what everybody’s looking for. They may all be doing it in their own way, but the end goal is the same. Everybody wants to live a happy life.

But they shouldn’t.

Review: Waking Life

2011-02-10T20:58:11Z

Written and directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001, Waking Life is about a young man, trapped in a perpetual dream he cannot escape.

Amateur Philosophy

2011-01-27T13:48:01Z

Philosophers, writers, religious teachers—basically anybody who thinks about the world around them—tend to come up with some pretty weird ideas about the nature of the human experience, the things that humans should value and strive for and even the physical and metaphysical (beyond physical) nature of the universe.