The Wake Up Call – 30 October 2012
The Wake Up Call – 30 October 2012
Like the smell of strong coffee wafting down the hall, we offer a few book-related thoughts and stories to jumpstart your day…
“I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men’s minds without their being aware of the fact.” – Anthropologist/philosopher Claude Lévi-Strauss, who died on this day in 2009.
Oddly enough, Joseph Campbell renowned for his work on mythology, also died on this date in 1987…
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” – Joseph Campbell.
Book News:
- For those of you stranded by Hurricane Sandy…
The New Yorker offers Six Short Reads to Read During a Hurricane.
- Also, NPR Books offers: 6 stories about keeping safe — and sane — when disaster strikes.
- Jacques Barzun died last Thursday at the age of 104. The NY Times remembers his life and makes a strong case why you should know his work…
Thanks be to God for this new day, may it be full of beauty and grace (and safety for all those weathering the brunt of Hurricane Sandy)!
