A New Absurdist Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes . . 2

July 1, 2015

from the Introduction (by Eugene Ionesco III, general editor)  

god & the world –

In the fallen world, life falls out whichever way it will. God’s providence is improvident; but the inattention is kindly meant, like a mother hippo’s after her calf is weaned. So, humankind is free; then, we fail because we won’t understand our own freedom: accept our weaknesses and live around them. We won’t settle for bread and wine, music, laughter, and three friends and one lover at a time.*
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  * Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the 
                                                                                                   appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. 
                                                                                                   - 6:9