Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Truman Show and Close Encounters: Go Crazy and Believe in Aliens
Like Truman and Roy, we are flying toward an unknown destination. A light at the end of the tunnel we can see but not quite make out. But if we have even an inch of Pop Chassid in us, we know we need to reach that destination.
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The Pop Chassid is Moving
Friends, I am in the process of moving to Israel, so please forgive any delays in blogging for the next week. But don’t worry, the Pop Chassid will be back and swinging as soon as he’s set up in the holiest city in the world: Jerusalem!
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I Am Punk
Sometimes, you sit back in life. You watch as the fools around you are jumping into mosh pits. And man, does it feel good when you’re watching them get beat up, and you are nice and safe, unhurt, unattacked, no scars.
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Van Gogh Doesn’t Need Your Money
Van Gogh, though, he made two hundred and ten dollars his whole life from his paintings. He spent his entire life just painting, scrounging. He had no idea about this genius. He didn’t know his work would one day sell for so much.
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Groundhog Day: You are Phil Connors
At some point, some of us, just like Phil Connors, start to realize that every day is the same. At first we’re shocked, horrified. We hear that alarm playing the same music at it did the day before and we wonder at first if we’re in some horrible dream. But no, it’s real. That fat…
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Mary Poppins: The Real Heroes
It eats us up that we aren’t Mary Poppins. Able to change the world with a song. Without a hint of difficulty, being a good people, never getting upset but also never being pushed around. Being so perfect.
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Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins the Feminist
There’s another warrior, another feminist in this movie, although we might not realize it at first. I’ll give you a hint: she’s a nanny. She likes to fly using an umbrella. Jump into chalk drawings.
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Mary Poppins: Bert the Mensch
Want to know what it means to be a man? You need look no further than Bert (and all his chimney sweep pals).
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Crushed Wheat
You’re a wheat stalk. Chilling in a field. Flowing with the wind. Just sitting there, soaking up the sun, not doing any work. Life is good.
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The Book of the Month: The Artist’s Way
Today, we start a new feature: The Pop Chassid Book of the Month. This month’s featured book: The Artist’s Way by Julie Cameron. This classic book, written by a true Pop Chassid, is all about reaching deep within and releasing our inner Artists, our True Selves, from their cages.
Got any book recommendations?