The Wagon Box in Story, WY -- this will be my family's new home. Interlude: We're moving to Wyoming Yes, I'm still here! But my work has been more illegible in nature, and we're also undergoing a big family change at the moment. Matthew A. Stanley
"Prometheus" by Otto Greiner - oil on canvas (1909) No gifts to bring Somehow, I managed to make it all this way without getting good at anything. What gifts do I have with which to bless others? Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
"The Escalator, Russell Square Station" by Cyril Power, 1929. The Extended Learning Universe The story so far – a new ecosystem of learning is emerging from the twilight of the university system. Matthew A. Stanley
Untitled. (Ausgrabung eines überdimensionalen Totenkopfes), 1911 by Fritz Janowski Radioactive Love Like a radioactive substance, Love is leaking into the world from the porous walls of the Church, leaving everything irreparably changed. Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
Medicine for me, poison for you Philosophy is like a poison -- a medicine for some may be a poison for others. Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy
An animal born too soon must make masks We feel that we cannot relate to ourselves until we have performed the necessary alienation of objectifying ourselves, thus producing an object we take to be ourselves. Matthew A. Stanley • Psychoanalysis
What I wrote, taught, and published in 2025 I look back at my writing, teaching, publishing, and presenting from 2025. Also, looking ahead to this next year of reflection and exploration. Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
Nature is already beyond itself In the name of security, we risk reducing ourselves purely to the level of the natural where we no longer bear the burden of freedom. Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
Arnold Böcklin, Der Gang nach Emmaus (1870) Esoteric Speech in St. Paul Paul provides us with a model for how he approaches modulating his speech depending on his audience's level of spiritual maturity. Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity