I am so honoured to release this interview with Dr. Iain McGilchrist. @dr_mcgilchrist He is a treasure and a deep well. YouTube video: youtu.be/cOxAQTJEoaw Link to audio platforms: linktr.ee/mourningtalkshow

I think I gotta take a break.

Man, social media is really feeling like the tip-of-the-spear for everything stupid in my life.

Damn, JP, I suspected this but you gotta hit me with it like that?!?

I am dad, the family treat enabler. I take my job seriously.

I might end up being the first person to quit Twitter because of my rage at my own typos.

Whatever you consider to be THE problem of modern times, there are hundreds of thousands of thoughtful, intelligent people who think it’s something else.

My kid calls me “bro” during disagreements and I have warned him to cut that shit out.

The way the human mind works, it seems to me, means that once we become aware that tradition has inner-workings and psychological complexities, it is our duty (at least some of us) to dig into them and understand. It is demystifying, but prepares the way for new glories also.

I am so deeply protestant in the way my mind works. It happened before I had any idea that there were other ways. I don't think I can change in a fundamental way. I've got to just see what I can do with it. I don't mind it, I'm just aware of it.

The best writing contains a spirit that transcends its specifics. The best writing evolves and grows.

I wonder if I'd feel less philosophical/theological motivation if there were any one, current writer/thinker who I felt summed up everything correctly. I love and admire a lot of folks, but I hold the firm belief that no one is seeing the full picture.

Extreme materialist “rationality” by necessity limits the problems and questions which can be approached. All the questions which animate our lives lead to some irrational self-giving. To make this a calculation is to render it dead.

If I ever write anything long form, even just for myself, it will be with the begrudging awareness that tomorrow needs new language. Nothing already written speaks it.

Extreme rationality (in the modern usage) does away with love. Fortunately it’s just a facade for many rationalists who, when the chips are down, obey God and love irrationally.

We become men when we see the inherent malice and suffering of human life and choose to strive against the malice and suffering rather than to strive against life.

I'm addicted to freedom inside my mind. I'm realizing it's a little too extreme. I sometimes have a bad memory because between point A and point B I fall back into my own thoughts, designating that as "my time" rather than thinking about my task.

One unexpected change in getting into my mid-forties: I don’t care who sees me in my undies. I’d change my pants in front of anyone now.

AI will prompt in more and more people an intuition of the divine spark which humans possess. Seeing increasingly convincing "creative" pursuits performed by machines will highlight the importance of the spark, regardless of how small it may be.