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In 2005 David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) gave a commencement speech to the graduating class at Ohio’s Kenyon College. Heralded as one of the best commencement speeches ever delivered, it was
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Meditations is a book of stoic reflections. Written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, the book’s text is self-addressing, like a diary. Written for himself or his son, it reads as a
Twin Peaks’ prequel movie, Fire Walk With Me, was controversial upon release. But on its 30th anniversary, it stands out as one of David Lynch’s best movies.
David Foster Wallace's novella 'Something to Do With Paying Attention' features two conversion narratives, a "fearful Jesuit" and "the death of childhood's limitless possibility."