tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508687179750096771.post6462654134648728006..comments2023-09-05T19:46:14.276-07:00Comments on Forrest for the Trees: The Book of JadeForrest Aguirrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531127358059851571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508687179750096771.post-23268911178313367132019-10-05T09:53:39.299-07:002019-10-05T09:53:39.299-07:00I felt your essay was quite successful, Matt. And,...I felt your essay was quite successful, Matt. And, yes, some of my youthful angst has sloughed off, thankfully! I'm still a . . . "pessimist" isn't the right word . . . skeptic? Maybe just "guarded," but age has softened some of that angst, rather than heightened it for me. Do existentialists soften with age, I wonder?Forrest Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531127358059851571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508687179750096771.post-18160264129974568312019-10-04T22:46:03.587-07:002019-10-04T22:46:03.587-07:00I was startled to see a review of that old essay o...I was startled to see a review of that old essay of mine on Barnitz and philosophy. I'm quite sure I'll never read that essay again--if I did I'd be wincing in pain. I wrote it as an undergrad, and from what I remember, the text makes that all too clear. It's embarrassingly overwrought and has no shortage of other problems, I'm sure. Clearly I was trying to show off with a lot of flashy verbiage.<br /><br />There was a time that I was sympathetic to anti-natalism, fortunately now past. Excess youthful angst, probably.<br /><br />In any case, I appreciate your kind remarks on the interpretive aspect of the essay.Matt Sarrafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166131599075383491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508687179750096771.post-84009340705052230122019-09-10T17:02:42.158-07:002019-09-10T17:02:42.158-07:00Awesome! Let me know what you think!Awesome! Let me know what you think!Forrest Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531127358059851571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508687179750096771.post-69596629641994473772019-09-10T16:59:54.108-07:002019-09-10T16:59:54.108-07:00I just bought it...!I just bought it...!Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158741712528871505noreply@blogger.com