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Vaster Than Empires – Le Guin
What does it mean to embrace "Other"? And how might we understand carpe diem if we truly had "world enough and time?" Le Guin shows us in her famous science fiction short story.
Signpost – Pretty Gardens in Paint
Where we've been and where we're going, and we take a pause in a museum gallery, too!
Trailer: Journey 6
Looking ahead at Season 6: Ursula K. Le Guin's story, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," and all the wrestling we do with dilemmas of ethics.
What I Get Wrong
We finish a carpe diem journey and I reflect back on what I've learned, what I believe, and where we are going next.
Writing Back 2: Getting Over Our Essay Anxiety
It's time for the end of our carpe diem journey, and we celebrate with a congratulatory essay! Hey, why so glum?
Bellow Seizes Our Day
Sure we can philosophize, but what happens when we put carpe diem to the test in the modern world of capital?
Rilke and Carpe Don’t Rhyme
What is required of us to find the power and meaning in art? in poetry? Is it related to carpe diem? And does it give us any guidance in how to approach meaningful lives?
Carpe All Over the Place
How far away are we from the original meaning of carpe diem? And does it matter?
Star Trek: “World Enough and Time”
Can some fan-fiction teach us more about carpe diem than a classic Roman poet?
Not Horacing Around: Ode 1.11
Can an ancient Roman poet illuminate the concept of carpe diem? Perhaps, but then again . . .