This is a bleak model for those in lamentation over our current moment. But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt, simultaneously acknowledging that sense of being cosmically screwed while knowing that ...

I have often compared our jobs to the mythic labors of Sisyphus, who was sentenced by angry gods to roll an enormous boulder up a hill only to see it roll back down, and to start rolling his ...

From foes on the football field to teammates on the wrestling mat, these four grapplers have teamed up this winter to reach ...

The boulder would always roll back down before he could reach the top. It teams up six artists whose output asks about whether there is a modern counterpart of Sisyphus, and the rolling stone ...

Sisyphus is cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. Pet fish generally content themselves to swimming the same lap over and over in a glass tank. Perpetuity can be soothing, so long as ...

IN Greek mythology, Sisyphus is condemned to perpetually roll a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down before reaching the summit. This tragic cycle of effort and futility aptly mirrors ...

a solution for the climate crisis—it can feel as if you’ve been pushing a boulder up a hill only to see it come rolling back down, over and over: all that distance lost, all that huffing and ...