

a poem on discouragement
Lurking at the bottom of a breath you don’t want to take a leaden stone knows you’re only half awake. It rolls around and pulls your...
Milan T
Mar 7, 20241 min read

Questioning the Concept of Mental Illness
Philosophizing about mental health is a challenging thing to do. One does not want to risk denying the reality of suffering that comes to...
Milan T
Apr 2, 202318 min read

The Crisis of Attention is a Crisis of Spirit
There is a heart-wrenching scene in Vince Gilligan’s infamous television series Breaking Bad where heroin-addicted Jane, girlfriend of...
Milan T
Oct 10, 202217 min read


Suicidality and Kierkegaard's 'Despair'
Introduction In The Sickness Unto Death, Søren Kierkegaard gives an astonishing psychological account of the phenomenon he calls...
Milan T
Jul 15, 202226 min read


On Vaccine Passports
Vaccine passports. A modern phenomenon emerging in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A not-so-modern problem of limiting individual...
Milan T
Nov 22, 202121 min read


Springtime Poem
I gladly noticed the approaching Spring when my ears first heard a chickadee sing. My mind went straight to you, my love as I walked...
Milan T
May 17, 20211 min read


Ambition: Poem & Reflections
I am but small; the world is vast,
yet this has never troubled me—
I’m only here for a wee little while,
and this shall pass too fast.
Milan T
May 15, 20219 min read


On Virtue and Having an Opinion
One does not ordinarily hear the notion of virtue summoned in a discussion about opinions (in the simple sense of having them or not),...
Milan T
Feb 20, 202111 min read


Life is Special
Life is a blurry landscape we witness from the window of a speeding train, watching moments transform into days, weeks, months, and years.
Milan T
Sep 22, 20203 min read