Category: Philosophy & Everyday Life

  • Zen and the Art of Woodworking

    A practical argument for the limits of interpretation. Using craft (woodwork) as an epistemological argument. I have recently taken up woodworking—mostly restoring damaged furniture. I spend my weekends taking apart…

    Zen and the Art of Woodworking
  • Domestic Divinities and the Politics of Pet Ownership

    Whether we call them “God’s guests” or “fur-babies,” cats and dogs occupy a peculiar moral space in human society. They are at once sacred and disposable, adored and regulated, protected…

    Domestic Divinities and the Politics of Pet Ownership