Going Alone

A Stoic theory of life adventure

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    STOIC POETRY | A brief time to truly live
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | A brief time to truly live

    The Great Indifference exists wherever we are not distracted by ourselves. It is the substance of the universe that isn't—not empty...
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    STOIC POETRY | The pain of the empty nest
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | The pain of the empty nest

    Who knew becoming empty-nesters was so painful? Surely, neither Yumiko or I did. And who knew how fast the sense of absence and loss...
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    STOIC POETRY | Sighting The Great Indifference - Sea Room by Adam Nicolson
    Kurt Bell
    • May 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Sighting The Great Indifference - Sea Room by Adam Nicolson

    I'm not sure if it's reassuring or not to discover sightings by others of The Great Indifference in the landscapes of their exploration....
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    STOIC POETRY | An urgency to life
    Kurt Bell
    • May 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | An urgency to life

    Every time I go to Siberia I can sense my diminishing capacity to withstand the world as it is and always will be; harsh, raw, deadly and...
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    STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah
    Kurt Bell
    • Apr 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah

    I discovered a fellow desert ghost town ghost today in a woman living alone in the deserted railroad community of Cisco, Utah. I can...
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    STOIC POETRY | A young man alone in the desert
    Kurt Bell
    • Apr 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | A young man alone in the desert

    I saw this young man alone in the desert some miles outside Palm Springs, California. He'd made a life for himself on his own terms -...
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    STOIC POETRY | Thinking chicken
    Kurt Bell
    • Oct 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Thinking chicken

    October 14, 2019 Dear Eric, What did you wonder over as you walked quietly to your death? I like to imagine you thought of the egg-laying...
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    STOIC POETRY | Henry David Thoreau visits Siberia Ghost Town
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | Henry David Thoreau visits Siberia Ghost Town

    September 17, 2019 Dear Eric, I entertained myself while shaving this morning by imagining Henry David Thoreau visiting Siberia ghost...
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    STOIC POETRY | The view from outer-space
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | The view from outer-space

    September 16, 2019 Dear Eric, The distance between me now, here at home by the sea, and Siberia, is about 200 miles. However, the...
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    STOIC POETRY | Yesterday’s long desert sojourn was a new experience of indifference
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | Yesterday’s long desert sojourn was a new experience of indifference

    Upon further investigation I keep discovering that the cold depth of nature goes further and deeper than I'd ever thought.
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    ABOUT

    Going Alone was begun by Kurt Bell in an effort to help others understand and manage  the recognition of the apparent indifference of the universe to our well being, happiness or even our existence, and to find ways to make a good life in spite of this fact.

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