Benjamin McEvoy

Essays on writing, reading, and life

How I Read

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I have goals and aims with all of my reading. Here’s how you do that:  Sit down with a pen and a dedicated notebook. Kindle or book open on lap. Then pick your book. Maybe you have one book per reading session, maybe you go through 3-5. For each book you have ONE thing you’re aiming […]

Why I Love Vigilante Stories (Kill Or Be Killed Comic Review)

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I’ve been racking my brain, trying to discover why I love vigilante stories so much. When it comes to comics and movies, I’m biased heavily in favour of revenge as a subject matter. B-movies can thrill me if the plot is revenge. But Kill Or Be Killed (Amazon) by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser […]

Where to Start with Jeff Lemire? (Comic Book Creator Deep Dive)

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Jeff Lemire is my favourite comic book creator. I’ve binge-read almost everything Lemire has produced and have yet to find a work I didn’t completely fall in love with. And that is some feat as Lemire, dubbed the “hardest working man in comics” by Vulture Magazine, is prolific as heck. One year Lemire wrote eight […]

The Ultimate Audible Review (2020) – Is Audible Worth It?

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Audible made me fall in love with reading all over again. I’ve always been a voracious reader. I have 3-4 physical books on the go at any one time. Reading is the first thing I do in the morning and how I relax after work. I also have a Kindle crammed with hundreds of books […]

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (Book Review)

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The Prophet is one of the most translated books in history. Translated into over 100 languages and never out of print. As such, the chance is high you’ve already read it. But if you haven’t, I implore you to make The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran one of the books you read this year. It’s a […]

Get out of your mind & into your body

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You can see where your mind is at by doing a balancing vinyasana yoga pose.  You’ll topple when your mind goes somewhere.  Where did it go? What issue are you concerned with? Conflict begins foremostly in the mind and then manifests itself in the body. Here’s an example of great balancing vinyasana flow: Sometimes we […]

How To Give Yourself Advice (By Analysing Your Dreams)

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“I forgot my luggage,” I said. “Must have left it at the hotel.” The Russian cabbie didn’t care. He held his paw out for the cab fare as disgruntled tourists bustled past – luggage safely attached to whatever limb wasn’t brandishing a smartphone.  “Fifty,” the cabbie said. I handed it over.  “Another one,” he said. […]

How to Obtain the Virtue of WISDOM (Aristotle’s Ethics)

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Practical wisdom = action + reason + concern for what is good and bad for a human. Aristotle didn’t like the kind of philosophy that was just philosophising, theorising, thinking, pondering, and contemplating. Contemplation, of course, is needed in order to refine your ability to reason, but it must be bound up with action. You […]