Today was no different, but today I decided to take those ideas and write them down. Welcome to the PhiMom blog! So, with no further ado, an introduction.
My name is Krystal, and welcome. I suppose a little background information is in order. I'm currently a stay at home mom and mother of three, a homeschooler, a reader, an organizer, and more importantly for the purposes of this blog, an armchair philosopher (hence the name of the blog, phi being the first letter of the Greek philosophia). Philosophy gets a bad rap in our society. As a course of study most people take the view that it falls somewhere between art and alchemy in practicality. I can't argue for its usefulness in the job market, but I would argue that its study is indispensable for the formation of a well-rounded, thinking individual. More than any other province of knowledge, it addresses what it means to be human. Literature appears to do so, but when one digs deeper into literary criticism and formal literature study, what is under discussion? Methods. Style. Syntax, vocabulary, literary devices... The study of literature is the examination of the brush strokes, not the painting. Rarely is the question addressed whether the content of the piece is of any merit, whether the point the author is trying to make is correct, ethical, or touches on truth. That is the realm of philosophy, and that is where my interests always lay.
So I hope you enjoy the posts to come. You may expect a variety of topics including those touching on homeschooling, education, parenting, ethics, and even organization, but through it all I hope to peel back the surface of daily life for a look at the bigger picture, not the brush strokes.
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