Existential Neighborhood: Color Monday

Existential Intelligence is the sensitivity and capacity to engage questions about human existence – how we got here, whether we have a purpose, and whether there is meaning in Life. Existential intelligence embraces the exploration of aesthetics, philosophy, religion and values like beauty, truth, and goodness. A strong existential intelligence allows human beings to see their place in the big picture, be it in the classroom, community, world, or universe.

First proposed by Howard Gardner, existential intelligence is one of nine theorized intelligences and is considered to be amoral – that is, it and the other eight categories of human intelligence can be used either constructively or destructively.

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Blue Monday

Color Monday: Blue Monday. Love is blue. Blue jeans. Feeling blue. Blue Mood.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Color Monday

In honor of glorious color, and to allow my brain time to process on the back burner, I propose Color Monday: This week - the color of spring - yellow green:

Existentialism Basics

Existentialism is the term that describes a philosophy that became popular after the World Wars. It reasserted the importance of human individuality and freedom in the face of traditional academic philosophy; criticized as too abstract and remote from concrete human experience.

The 19^th century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was posthumously regarded as the father of existentialism. He maintained that the individual is solely responsible for giving his own life meaning and also living life fully, despite the obstacles of existence – distractions that include despair, angst, absurdity, alienation, and boredom.

Existential philosophers agree on the value of the individual, but disagree on other points, including how we can achieve a fulfilling life and what obstacles must be overcome toward that goal. Another point of contention revolves around the potential consequence of the existence or nonexistence of God.