The Philosophical Diary is the Art of Discovering the Difference between Presence and Absence

 

“Unicorn Dream”, by Marja Lee Kruÿt

A central tool for the Life Artist is the philosophical diary.

Write all your thoughts down in the moment they appear in your mind.

In the writing down you begin to form the mirror, which reproduces your thoughts and feelings without distortion.

And when you observe them, you understand your actions and reactions, and therefore your self-knowledge becomes deeper and wider.

You are not only understanding the current immediate action and reaction, but also the past, that has created the current.

You discover the difference between presence and absence.