cont’d…from David Foster Wallace That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense. So let’s get concrete. The plain fact is that you graduating seniors do not yet have any clue what “day in, day out” really means. The ...
Archive for October 9th, 2008
a demand for depth; part three; marc gafni
cont’d David Foster Wallace As I’m sure you guys know by now, it is extremely difficult to stay alert and attentive instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monologue inside your own head. Twenty years after my own graduation, I have ...
A demand for depth; part two; marc gafni
posted by dr. marc gafni assistant cont’d David Foster Wallace But please don’t worry that I’m getting ready to preach to you about compassion or other-directedness or the so-called “virtues.” This is not a matter of vir ...
A Demand for Depth; part one; marc gafni
Hi; I am a Dr. Marc Gafni assistant. He is away for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. He left several posts to be posted as I wish- over the next couple of days. They were written by a writer who took his own life a couple of weeks after giving this ...