where do you find meaning?
Do I? This was, I'm realizing, a presumptuous question. I'm not sure I find meaning; sometimes I feel more as though I create it, and some days, I feel, I'm better at doing this than... More »
Do I? This was, I'm realizing, a presumptuous question. I'm not sure I find meaning; sometimes I feel more as though I create it, and some days, I feel, I'm better at doing this than... More »
One of my friends recently shared this with me... How do you know if you are significant? This question lures us the wrong way, it invites us to judge ourselves on some criteria of importance... More »
A friend of mine sent me a poem today. I needed, then, to read it; perhaps you do to. My hut lies in the middle of a dense forest; Every year the green ivy grows... More »
I found an excellent article this morning. It begins: "'You can't move in Britain for people trying to make you happy,' complained a British journalist recently in the pages of the Guardian. He was drawing... More »
Ai. What a lustrous question. For me, life needs no justification or reason or purpose. Life IS, and that is more... and so much more... than meaning enough. Does this sound silly? Or trite? Or... More »
I've been thinking about death recently, perhaps too much. I suppose this makes sense; 2007 has already been a record year for me as far as suicides alone are concerned. I feel close to my... More »
So. Here's something. I've been engaged in an ongoing discussion in another online community that involves this weekend's Sunday Times article on philanthropy . (It's a fabulous piece; if you haven't already had a look,... More »
Here. It's short. I wanted to invite a small reminder.
I've been corresponding, recently, with a man who told me, crypically, that I was someone who "created life." He told me I was a weaver, of stories, and, I suppose, of networks. I hadn't put... More »
Last night, a college friend came by. He was in California for the week, and took the opportunity to visit, showing up on my doorstep with a brand-new mohawk and an overflowing box of ripe... More »