The Joyous Struggle

Have you found your axe yet?

A brief thought on prejudice.

Nov 18 • 

Jonathan Rowson

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5

3

The fly can escape when it realises it is the spider

A short musing on being trapped in culture, and the sticky business of non duality.

Nov 7 • 

Jonathan Rowson

23

6

6

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

26

9

7

October 2025

Learning as If Life Depended on It

When understanding is a matter of existential concern.

Oct 22 • 

Jonathan Rowson

19

7

2

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

21

4

July 2025

Listen for the drumming on the other side

On bearing witness to the birth of Naduve.

Jul 16 • 

Jonathan Rowson

24

5

4

The Kenosis of a Coffee Machine

Taking a break from Substack until September.

Jul 4 • 

Jonathan Rowson

28

17

Rain and the Rhinoceros

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

Jul 2 • 

Jonathan Rowson

25

6

8

June 2025

Flirting with Modernity(4)

Can the past, present, and future be friends?

Jun 26 • 

Jonathan Rowson

14

3

2

Lakefront

Inner Shift for Outer Change?

Jun 18 • 

Jonathan Rowson

27

5

5

Flirting with Modernity(3)

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

Jun 9 • 

Jonathan Rowson

12

14

3

Questions to Ask a Stranger

Beyond "What do you do, then?"

Jun 3 • 

Jonathan Rowson

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