a little beaver

i don't think i would be possible to have more things that need to get done this week. i'm reminded of my last couple of years in halifax, when i was managing to work several jobs, take courses, and do research. but it is all happy work. and there is always time to stop, breathe, and read a little about sartre and beauvoir's relationship:

The underlying existentialist philosophy of Beauvoir's memoirs -- it was also the underlying philosophy of her relationship with Sartre -- is that it is "bad faith" to look to another, whether a human being or a god, for a sense of salvation. As individuals we are free, and we act in "bad faith" when we try to avoid our freedom. It is not easy, freedom. It brings with it the anguish of choice. It comes with the burden of responsibility.

From Tête-à-Tête: The tumultuous lives and loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
by Hazel Rowley