Tag Archives: new mythology

seeing beauty makes us beautiful

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Michael Patton

A group of them gazing at the moon, not one face beautiful.           – Basho* I don’t understand the haiku above… I don’t know who’s looking at that moon. But if you’re gazing at the moon, wouldn’t you be beautiful? (*from … Continue reading →

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Secretly Silently Sane

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Michael Patton

  Though the poem below is of my own creation… …I still like it. I like it because it not only speaks of an ideal state of being… …it tells us how to realize that ideal. I believe this ideal … Continue reading →

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That Golden Oldie is Moldy

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Michael Patton

  Our mythologies tell of a lost golden age… According to these myths, in the distant past, humankind enjoyed a golden age of perfection. But of course, such things can’t last.  After the age of perfection, humans descended through ages … Continue reading →

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Community Communion for the Atheist

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Michael Patton

  I know a man who attends church every Sunday… …although he’s an atheist. So why does this man belong to a church? My guess is: he wants “community”. Maybe socializing wouldn’t seem to be much of a religion, nor … Continue reading →

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