I often have a distinct sensation of other people getting under my skin for one reason or another. It can happen almost at any time, where I just feel someone's energy and it disturbs my stomach and my heart. Heart. We are not just influenced by the things we eat, the places we work, but... Continue Reading →
In our attempts to learn a new language, we might try to synthesize all the parts of ourselves that were shattered when we built Babel. "Learn a language, get a new soul," a Czech proverb declares. Maybe deep in our psyche, we know all human language to be one.
Sirens and the Meadow
The meadow burns; the sirens blare Does it matter what we fed the fire When ashes lay in shame And if you had listened closely The silence of my pulse Never asked for you Never asked for me
Moments of Impact: Why We Can’t Live Without Illusions
We can't live and not believe. Some beliefs may not serve us well, but we have just as many we can't live without.
Moments of Impact: Realityland in ‘Florida Project’
Americans breathe in the fumes of Fantasyland, a place where happiness is possessed. But Fantasyland has a mirror universe: the harsh and irrefutable Realityland as presented in Sean Baker's revolutionary new film, Florida Project.
Semantic Drifting: The Story of the Word “Amazing”
Words pass through time like great works of art or literature. Rarely do they receive the same interpretations they did in their inception. The process driving their evolution is semantic drift, the way words change meaning in their lifespan.
Journal Fetish
Despite myself, I looked at these blank journals before anything else in the bookstore. The other books have already fulfilled their creative potential. They are tragically incomplete and absolute without a writer.
Put it Together
Watch me leave You'll be sorry, father Born but it's not enough Maroon from A cracked champagne glass