vicarious life

August 28, 2014

Part III: Living the Vicarious Life and Vulnerability

Part I and Part II of our most recent vicarious life series, spurred on from Sam’s most recent post, “Our life and death is with our neighbor”, has been a strange endeavor for me. It has consumed my thoughts and left me restless at night – not an unfamiliar phenomenon – but one I thought […]

August 25, 2014

Part Two: Irina and The Vicarous Life

Part two of a series discussing the vicarious life — a personal anecdote. Part one extensively detailed the historical framework leading up to our current state in regards to the vicarious life. I met Irina on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, Russia. She walked briskly next to her husband, Jim, who sported the cautiously situated orange hat on […]

August 24, 2014

Part I: Why We Don’t Live the Vicarious Life — the Historical Lens

This is part one of a series examining the reason why we struggle to live the vicarious life that Sam so poignantly discussed in his post, “Our life and death is with our neighbor.” Today’s post examines the historical background, mainly in regards to art, while the next post will examine where we currently are and […]