PinnedErik RittenberryThe American Life Is Killing You“I believe we are a species with amnesia, I think we have forgotten our roots and our origins. I think we are quite lost in many ways. And…10 min read·Feb 1, 2020--160--160
Erik RittenberryInto the Timeless Woods I GoThe lonelier the place, the better it pleased me: its silence, its aura, its peculiar conformation, its enclosedness.2 min read·Mar 15, 2024--2--2
Erik RittenberrySay Yes to LifeSuppose that we said yes to a single moment, then we have not only said yes to ourselves, but to the whole of existence. For nothing stands…7 min read·Feb 15, 2024--2--2
Erik RittenberryAmerica’s Most Alarming WriterThe poet and novelist Jim Harrison called Charles Bowden America’s Most Alarming Writer. He was a writer who wrote about things that…5 min read·Jan 14, 2024--3--3
Erik RittenberryRocked by the Infinite“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it; the dead feeling of winter. Something…4 min read·Dec 19, 2023--2--2
Erik RittenberryJim Morrison“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s…5 min read·Dec 8, 2023--2--2
Erik RittenberryThe Meaning of the Creative Act“The human spirit is in prison. Prison is what I call this world, the given world of necessity.” — Nicolas Berdyaev3 min read·Dec 2, 2023--6--6
Erik RittenberryThe Wretched of the EarthI don’t like to start my day off with the dreadful news. I feel fresh and enlivened in the mornings and refuse to taint this short-lived…4 min read·Nov 14, 2023--2--2
Erik RittenberryHappy Birthday, Arthur Rimbaud“Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.”3 min read·Oct 21, 2023--1--1
Erik RittenberryDispatches From the Precipice“Deep down, below the surface of the average man’s conscience, he hears a voice whispering, ‘There is something not right,’ no matter how…6 min read·Oct 14, 2023--10--10