On “Now and Then,” by “The Beatles”
On our innate desire to overcome death, even as we know how impossible that is by our own efforts.
Hagoth favors essays that can trace their lineage back to Michel de Montaigne; whether narrative, analytical, or devotional, these essays lean ruminative, conversational, meandering, impressionistic, and are reluctant to wax didactic. But that doesn’t mean you won’t find the occasional poem or piece of fiction here as well.
On our innate desire to overcome death, even as we know how impossible that is by our own efforts.

Revisiting the title track from their polarizing 2019 album, the Yeats poem that inspired it, and literal Second Coming we supposedly look forward to.

Has it already been 7 years since Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, of all things?

From the “Mothman Prophecies” soundtrack

Some readings to get you in the Holiday Spirit, just in case they’re not doing so sufficiently in your ward this weekend!
O grave, where is thy victory?

A seasonal Free Jazz reminder that ghosts are not inherently spooky.

What do you do after Calvin and Hobbes?

A visual re-visitation of the landmark comic strip, on the occasion of the release of “The Mysteries” by Bill Watterson and John Kascht.
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