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On Being Nothing

On dealing with the discovery that the world does not know your name nor wishes to learn it.

open quote In our universal mutual oblivion of each other, fame is a fool's pursuit—but there are many fools. Point a television camera at any sport spectator, and he will gasp and grin and furiously wave, delighted to have his image transmitted to so many retinas. Yet since no one heeds a stranger's face on television, it being a common sight, only his friends who are watching notice him—the very people whose notice does not make him famous. close quote

Essays

  • I Am Not This Body
  • Odyssey of Desire
  • A Sense of All Sorrows
  • The Communion of Strangers
  • Meditation During a Rainstorm
  • A Visit to the City
  • Confessions of a Carnivore
  • In Praise of Passion
  • On Being Nothing
  • Night Thoughts
  • The Electric Present
  • The Lonely Race
  • The Finite Experience of Infinite Life