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When people ask me why I write about love and life so much I say it’s because a lot of people are in danger of loving and living unconsciously (myself included). Unconsciousness creates more space for the t/Terrors in love and life to fester, unrecognized and unmediated. That’s bad for everybody and it’s bad for […]
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Yesterday, I was talking to a friend who’s expecting a birthday soon. She wasn’t feeling good about it. There was nothing inherently wrong with the number. She wasn’t feeling good about it because she wasn’t thinking good about it. Literally. She didn’t believe she could conjure up or invest in any wholesome, generative, progressive, affirming, […]
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I talk about killing and dying a lot. I realize my preoccupation seems dramatic to some and ominous to others. I’m Ok with that. The criticism doesn’t stop my preoccupation. I understand, from personal and professional experience, how important it is to get to know scary thoughts and feelings very well (and put them lovingly […]
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There’s a video floating around cyberspace that captured a lot of attention when it first aired. It features a little boy named Luiz Antonio; he’s preparing to eat a meal of rice, potatoes, and octopus. He’s being videotaped by his mother and, at the time of the video, he may have been about 3, maybe 4 years […]