When Living in Homo Bulla
by Mark Blickley
As a person of refined tastes, I prefer Van Gogh with ears.
I am living a life of the mind, but why does it have to be my mind?
Too many people are as shallow as a serial killer’s graves.
When others lose their way they find apathy.
All diseases are dormant until they attack.
When one is king of a pond, you fear ripples.
Smokers know every puff is a kiss goodbye.
The pressure is not to have pressure.
Errors cause evolution.
I lost weight but have found it.
The key to success is in the shape of a sword.
IMAGE: Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles (Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life) by Karel Dujardin (1663).
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: These musings occurred to me during our year-long pandemic. “Homo Bulla” is the Latin phrase for the medieval theory that man lives his life in a bubble.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark Blickley is a New Yorker and proud member of the Dramatists Guild and PEN American Center. His latest book is the text-based art collaboration with fine arts photographer Amy Bassin, Dream Streams.
PHOTO: The author standing before Socrates by Constantin Brâncuși (1922) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.