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Ben Saff

Ben Saff

Thinking, Fast and Slow: A Quiz by GPT-4

I often find that I quickly forget stuff I read in books. So recently I prompted GPT-4 to create a quiz for me to help me retain what I’d…

Mar 24, 2023

Thinking, Fast and Slow: A Quiz by GPT-4

Mar 24, 2023

Ben Saff

Mindful Eating, Happy Stomach

Giving your normal eating habits a second thought

Oct 30, 2018

Mindful Eating, Happy Stomach

Oct 30, 2018

Ben Saff

WHERE YOU ARE

A waterfall empties into a deep pool and the rising mist is where you are, a shimmering body of tiny wet particles.

Jul 18, 2018

WHERE YOU ARE

Jul 18, 2018

Ben Saff

OUR SPECIAL NOTHING

Have you noticed the void? It stretches for a thousand miles, starting at my feet as a slim crack, and widening with the distance between…

Jun 14, 2018

OUR SPECIAL NOTHING

Jun 14, 2018

Ben Saff

Beneath the Snow: A Mushishi Adaption

In a village deep in a mountain valley, a young man lives in a house buried in snow. Where ever he goes it snows above him. He cannot feel…

Dec 27, 2017

Beneath the Snow: A Mushishi Adaption

Dec 27, 2017

Ben Saff

Eastern Wisdom for the Wounded Heart

A little over a year ago I went through a tough break-up. In my grief, I wanted to be angry, I wanted to place blame on someone, myself or…

Oct 30, 2017

Eastern Wisdom for the Wounded Heart

Oct 30, 2017

Ben Saff

An Ancient Japanese Poem Retold

Not long ago I stumbled upon Tales of Ise at Book Haven, one of my favorite book shops in Philadelphia. Tales is a very old collection of…

Oct 23, 2017

An Ancient Japanese Poem Retold

Oct 23, 2017

Ben Saff

3 Ways James Joyce Inspired Me In 2017

Though I wasn’t looking for it, I found new inspiration in the century-old words of James Joyce

Oct 16, 2017

3 Ways James Joyce Inspired Me In 2017

Oct 16, 2017

Ben Saff

A Lesson on Writer’s Block

Inspired by Augusten Burroughs’ talk on writer’s block…

Dec 15, 2016

A Lesson on Writer’s Block

Dec 15, 2016

Ben Saff

A Song of Iceland and Other Wanderings

We picked up Harrison at the train station in Marcus Hook. The heat was thick with humidity that seemed to slow down everything in town…

Jul 19, 2016

A Song of Iceland and Other Wanderings

Jul 19, 2016

Ben Saff

Ben Saff

“Everyone has their own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims” — Henry Miller

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