Metaphysics
A sketch of a bigger picture I. The Order of Things Flatland is a fascinating book. A 19th century a novella set in a fictional two-dimensional world populated by shapes. […]
Attuned
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth… You are born, as most people are, to two parents. A mother, an Israeli artist who once sang in the choirs of […]
Protected: Speaking Lessons
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Flow
Life is movement, change, flow. As living things, we crave it. There are many types of flow, some more real, some less. Consumption creates unreal flows. Buying things, using substances […]
Circles & Lines
I went on a date last week with a poet — dollar oysters in Highland Park. I’d mentioned I’d recently moved back to Los Angeles after a number of years […]
The Heroics of “Back to the Future”
“A vital person vitalizes. The world is a wasteland.” — Joseph Campbell I. On Heroics Since reading The Hero With a Thousand Faces last winter, I have been thinking a […]
Vampires in Love
A made-up story about made-up people. You’re biking north. Date night. You’ve been seeing Yael for a few weeks now. Every date after the first has been at her apartment, […]
Comedy and Tragedy
I recently read The Hero With a Thousand Faces while on a visit back home in Los Angeles. It had been sitting on my shelf for well over a decade, but […]
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