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 […]
Category Archives: Reflections and Abstractions
Containing posts discussing larger issues of life, meaning, purpose, and other similar subjective topics.
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 […]
Understanding the Tarot
I. Until recently, I had never thought much of Tarot. I had of course heard of Tarot, and had some exposure to the major images, but not much more. As […]
In This Life, An Assist
The couple is on a ferry, sailing from DUMBO to Greenpoint. They are standing on the deck: he leaning against the railing, her leaning against him. His arms curl around […]
