Unconcluded thoughts on art and beauty
I open wide and soak it in, the full moon just coming white and misty from behind the clouds, or hanging its enormous full-blazed orange…
Category: Brain things
Yann Martel on fear
Yann Martel: “I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent… It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know.”
In the shadows
Sadness lies abed of a morning with a question mark, and anger turns the viewpoint red, tips over tables, but fear sits in the corners…
Using
One time I lost my voice from a bad head cold, and I could hardly talk at all for two days. I am sure you want to hear the rest of this story.
Oozing and fasting and jazz like that
I needed some focus points for the coming year, to hang my hat and hopes on, and give me something to keep getting out of bed for. You too?
OtherSpeak: open season
I love hearing from other people about their experiences. I am interested in the kind of community sharing that is enlightening, fascinating, informative.
Randomness and information gaps
I have been thinking wild things. I have been thinking about my understanding of history, which is pretty much like this…
Controversial controversy
I feel responsible for the discussion that happens here. I am the moderator, and this is my space. However, I am caught in something of a dilemma.
The Immortal Spatula
“If they never stain, and your cans don’t have sharp edges, how do they wear out?” Naïve smile, unfeigned readiness to accept all the wonders of the world.
Mama+Dada: A brief lingual history
In the many smatterings of languages I have heard, I have noticed that the word for Mom/ Mama/ Mother/ Mommy nearly always contains the /m/ sound.