Speaking Lessons
I. You’re at the port in Jaffa when you see her. It’s a summer night and you’re on a date (of course you are) when you run into some people […]
Category Archives: Reflections and Abstractions
Containing posts discussing larger issues of life, meaning, purpose, and other similar subjective topics.
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”
I. On Heroics Since reading The Hero With a Thousand Faces last winter, I have been thinking a lot about myth, narrative, and the philosophy of heroic action (or as […]
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 […]
Past Lives
I had an experience that I’d really like to share. I. Overture A number of years ago, when I was living in Mumbai, I briefly fell in with a group […]
Ritual Therapy
I. A few weeks ago I picked up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Psychomagic, an exposition of his theories of ritual therapy. I’ve been a fan of Jodorowsky for a while, and it’s been great […]
