Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler

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There Is No Fate

There Is No Fate

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Sisyphus by Titian, 1549

Every now and then, I share an essay from the archives, an essay no longer available to free subscribers. For those who don’t know, all free essays on Homo Vitruvius — the Thursday creative flights — in addition to the four semi-accessible paid subscriber series, move behind the paywall into the archives after 3 months. That’s a long time for them to be freely available, I think. But I do believe that what I offer, creatively and intellectually, has value. I think it’s worth paying for if someone can afford it. So I offer periodic peaks into the vault and its deeper riches, frankly, in order to tempt you. (I’m a devil.)

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This essay, just my fifth on Homo Vitruvius, way back in May, and a meaningful one to me for reasons you’ll see, resonates in many ways with my “Exit Interview” essay that I cross posted at

Joshua Doležal
’s The Recovering Academic on Tuesday. It seemed just the right choice for a From the Archives offering this time.

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