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Imagine the most meaningless task imaginable: condemned by the gods to push a boulder up a mountain, only to watch it roll down every time you near the summit. Forever. This is the fate of Sisyphus, the absurd hero of Greek myth, and the central metaphor of Albert Camus's revolutionary 1942 essay, The Myth of Sisyphus.
Camus doesn't begin with gods or boulders, but with a single, stark proposition: "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide." He asks: In a silent, indifferent universe devoid of God or inherent meaning—a universe where our hunger for understanding meets only the "unreasonable silence of the world"—what stops us from simply ending it all?
The answer, he argues, is the recognition of the Absurd. The Absurd is not the world itself, nor is it our mind alone. It is the brutal, inescapable confrontation between our desperate need for meaning, unity, and happiness, and the chaotic, irrational, mute universe that offers none. It is the divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting.
Faced with this confrontation, humans have traditionally taken three paths, which Camus rejects as forms of "philosophical suicide":
Physical Suicide: To eliminate the human need for meaning by ending the human.
Religious/Philosophical Leap of Faith: To invent a transcendent meaning (God, dogma, an afterlife) to escape the Absurd. For Camus, this is intellectual dishonesty—a betrayal of the lucid confrontation.
Blind Hope: To pin meaning on some future state, like revolution or utopia, which is just another leap.
So what is left for Sisyphus—and for us? Revolt, Freedom, and Passion.
Camus insists we must hold the Absurd tension taut, without yielding to false hope or despair. We must revolt by refusing the leap and refusing suicide. We must embrace our absolute freedom in a world without divine command or predetermined purpose. And we must live with the greatest possible passion, filling our days with the quantity and diversity of experiences, knowing their intrinsic meaning is our own creation.
This brings us back to the hill. Sisyphus, fully conscious of the futility of his task, trudges down to retrieve his rock. This moment, Camus declares, is the moment of victory. "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
His happiness is not in success, which is impossible, but in the lucid defiance of his fate. By embracing the struggle itself as his purpose, he becomes the master of his own meaning. His rock is his thing. His revolt is his dignity.
Camus's essay is not a counsel of despair, but a fierce, sun-drenched manifesto for living without consolation. It is a call to be a warrior of the mundane, to find a fierce joy in the very act of pushing your rock, whatever it may be, simply because it is yours to push. It argues that in a world stripped of given answers, the most authentic and powerful response is to live, to create, and to rebel—with eyes wide open to the beautiful, meaningless sky.
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Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai.
Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain traditionalism in Japan, Brunet joined a legion of 3,000 in a battle against 7,000 Imperial troops that lasted half a year in 1868 and 1869.
Ultimately, the clash ended with the defeat of the samurai, largely because they did not use Western weaponry the way the Imperial troops did.
Discover the epic true story behind "The Last Samurai": 
The sculpture is titled "Tenax Vitae" (Tenacious of Life), created by Italian artist Rinaldo Carnielo around 1893.
The sculpture is housed in the Galleria Rinaldo Carnielo in Florence, Italy.
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Cabbage has long been a winter staple across many cultures. It stores well, withstands cold temperatures, and becomes even more flavorful through fermentation and slow cooking.
Explore more: www.tasteatlas.com/best-rated-dishes-with-cabbages
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A man repairing a cracked runestone in 1936 at Svedjorna in Södra Ving, Sweden. Approximately 2,500 runestones can be found along the roads of Sweden, many of them having been maintained by caring locals for centuries.
The inscription on this stone reads, "Tole and Torny raised these monuments in memory of Tore and Klakke, their sons".
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Here's the 1955 Borgward Traumwagen "Dreamcar",
a rare, atomic-space-age concept made in Germany.
Today I’m thrilled to share the work of Jason B. Gamrath, an internationally recognized glass artist whose monumental botanical sculptures transform delicate natural forms into powerful, immersive installations.
Jason works on a breathtaking scale—giant orchids, enormous Venus flytraps, luminous water lilies, and desert plants that rise 6 to 14 feet tall.
His art invites wonder, connection, and emotion—people often describe feeling joy, awe, or even healing in the presence of his work.
Enjoy this glimpse into his world. Truly incredible craftsmanship and imagination.
Jason Gamrath Glass
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"It's a good day to dive". 🤿
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“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”
— Aaron Rose
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Here are 5 Stoic quotes from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius to start your year off strong.
On this day in 1967, The Rolling Stones LP “Their Satanic Majesties Request” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #7 (December 30)
This was the first Rolling Stones album to be released in identical versions in both the US and the UK.
It saw the band dip their toes into the psychedelic rock genre, and the album’s somewhat prolonged recording process was marked by drug use, court appearances, and jail terms by members of the band.
In his 2002 book Rolling with the Stones, Bill Wyman described the situation in the studio:
“Every day at the studio it was a lottery as to who would turn up and what – if any – positive contribution they would make when they did.
Keith would arrive with anywhere up to ten people, Brian with another half-a-dozen and it was the same for Mick.
They were assorted girlfriends and friends.
I hated it!
Then again, so did [producer and manager] Andrew (Oldham) and just gave up on it.
There were times when I wish I could have done, too…”
As a result of Oldham leaving, “Their Satanic Majesties Request” would be the Stones' first self-produced album.
Many viewed the album as the Stones attempt to compete with the Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.
In a 1970 Rolling Stone interview, John Lennon commented on the album: "Satanic Majesties is Pepper. 'We Love You' ... that's 'All You Need Is Love'."
“Their Satanic Majesties Request” went all the way to #1 in Australia and France, #2 in the US and Norway, #3 in the UK, #4 in Germany , and #7 in Finland.
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On this day in 1972, the Cat Stevens single “Morning Has Broken” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #36 (January 1)
“Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931, with words by English author Eleanor Farjeon, set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan".
Cat explained how the song came about on The Chris Isaak Hour:
“I accidentally fell upon the song when I was going through a slightly dry period and I needed another song or two for Teaser And The Firecat.
I came across this hymn book, found this one song, and thought, this is good.
I put the chords to it and then it started becoming associated with me."
The Cat Stevens' recording, with piano arranged and performed by session musician Rick Wakeman (who would go on to considerable fame with Yes), became his most successful single in the US, later tied by his rendition of "Another Saturday Night”.
It rose to #3 in New Zealand, #4 in Australia, Canada and Norway, #5 in the Netherlands and South Africa, #6 in the US and Ireland, and #9 in the UK.
In 2000, Rick Wakeman gave an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live in which he said he had agreed to perform on the Cat Stevens track for £10 and was "shattered" that he was omitted from the credits, adding that he never received the money either.
On his return to performance as Yusuf Islam, Stevens paid Wakeman and apologized for the original non-payment, which he said arose from confusion and misunderstanding by the record label.
Wakeman gave the money to one of the schools Cat Stevens founded.
On a documentary aired on British television, Wakeman said he believed that Stevens's version of "Morning Has Broken" was a very beautiful piece of music that had brought people closer to religious truth, for which he was happy to have contributed.
In March 2020, the pair performed the song at the Music for the Marsden charity concert at the O2 Arena in London…
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