Reading *Meditations* in Athens
Came back from Athens last week, to watch King Gizzard at their three residency shows.
I like the city, although I didn’t see much more than Thiseio and Monastiraki.
I took with me Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, which was written in Ancient Greek. The private thoughts of this emperor helped me cope with a rather sticky situation where, due to my own stupidity, I got swindled out of a chunk of money.
Trying to use the words as a way to calm down and rationalise the situation post factum elevated the book beyond just something you read because it’s popular or trendy to do so…
And then I came across Alan Watts’ essay The Finger and the Moon reproduced on taylor.town and it just brought it all together. I truly did see the moon that Marcus points to, for just a few moments.