by christawojo@gmail.com | Dec 8, 2022 | Art Beyond Words, Blog, Existentialism, Poems, Uncategorized
We look outside for people, places, sensations, and objects to fulfill us, but at the end of the day (or our lives) we will be solely with our selves. So why wait till then to come home to your very own soul? I told my nephew the other day, when he didn’t want...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Existentialism, Getting Older, Let's Get Published, Uncategorized
My attempt to slow down the perception of time Philippe de Champaigne’s Vanitas (c. 1671) is reduced to three essentials: Life, Death, and Time (Public Domain) Time is a slippery thing. It’s hard to grasp the concept of time as it is to grasp time itself. How...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog, Dark Fiction, Existentialism, Gothic Fiction, Uncategorized
Anne Rice was a mother, friend, and mentor to both readers and writers. She was a sorceress who conjured up ages past and transported us to rich and fascinating places all over the world. We almost believed she was immortal, like her characters. It was a great loss...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Aug 29, 2018 | †3 Dark, Blog, Christa Wojciechowski, Existentialism, On God, On Philosophy, Uncategorized
Love is something we all crave. Being loved and accepted is part of our human wiring. Whether we like other human beings or not, we need to be around them in order to be happy. Studies show that aging people suffer depression and have a shorter lifespan simply because...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2018 | †3 Dark, Blog, Existentialism, On Philosophy, Our Society, Panama Life
When I was a kid, my dad told me and my sisters horror stories about my grandparents growing up during The Great Depression. My grandfather, born to Polish immigrants in New Jersey, was sent miles away as a little kid to pick berries and sell them on the streets. In...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Sep 24, 2015 | Existentialism
People always ask me what I mean in my Twitter bio by “existential depressionist.” This pretty much sums it up. Photo source
