The Joyous Struggle

Too much metatheory will kill you, just as sure as none at all.

On the danger of buying a pet shop shop shop

Nov 3 • 

Jonathan Rowson

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7

October 2025

Learning as If Life Depended on It

When understanding is a matter of existential concern.

Oct 22 • 

Jonathan Rowson

18

7

September 2025

The Fox, the Forest, and the Frogs

On meaning without cause, a powerful stranger, and singing in the rain.

Sep 30 • 

Jonathan Rowson

43

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July 2025

Listen for the drumming on the other side

On bearing witness to the birth of Naduve.

Jul 16 • 

Jonathan Rowson

23

5

The Kenosis of a Coffee Machine

Taking a break from Substack until September.

Jul 4 • 

Jonathan Rowson

28

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Rain and the Rhinoceros

Nature as the language of life, and social conformity as death.

Jul 2 • 

Jonathan Rowson

25

6

June 2025

Flirting with Modernity(4)

Can the past, present, and future be friends?

Jun 26 • 

Jonathan Rowson

14

3

Lakefront

Inner Shift for Outer Change?

Jun 18 • 

Jonathan Rowson

27

5

Flirting with Modernity(3)

The separation of time and space, or the rediscovery of space?

Jun 9 • 

Jonathan Rowson

12

14

Questions to Ask a Stranger

Beyond "What do you do, then?"

Jun 3 • 

Jonathan Rowson

32

10

May 2025

Finding it and Feeling it

Stories, Memories, and Tears. Or, why do you care about what you care about?

May 22 • 

Jonathan Rowson

26

10

Flirting with Modernity(2)

Are we really in a time between worlds?

May 14 • 

Jonathan Rowson

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