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…Feb 1, 2020162Feb 1, 2020162
Erik RittenberryNew Light: Finding Universal Truths Beyond Orthodox Religion‘“The world knows many religions but nature has but one truth.”4d ago4d ago
Erik RittenberryA Night Alone in the Wilderness“The world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That’s why I ran to the woods.”Aug 1822Aug 1822
Erik RittenberryTo Make Living Itself the Highest ArtThe capacities by which we can gain insights into higher worlds lie dormant within each one of us.Jul 62Jul 62
Erik RittenberryinENGAGEA Journey Through Old FloridaMake voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.Jul 31Jul 31
Erik Rittenberry12 Recommended Reads For Summer“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”Jun 172Jun 172
Erik RittenberryA Vagabond for Beauty“I must pack my short life full of interesting events and creative activity… I intend to do everything possible to broaden my experiences…May 15May 15
Erik RittenberryInto the Timeless Woods I GoThe lonelier the place, the better it pleased me: its silence, its aura, its peculiar conformation, its enclosedness.Mar 152Mar 152
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…Feb 153Feb 153
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…Jan 144Jan 144
