Words Can Harm or Help
Don’t get me wrong. I love words. Sometimes words feel like the inhalations and exhalations that mark the flowing stream of life. The time...
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Democracy is Such a Fine Idea
“Without withdrawing into blankness, we can let go of our reliance on words and language, name and form. We can touch the nameless and...
A Broken System
Why do two back-to-back political conventions leave us so exhausted, so doubtful that their gushing enthusiasms amounted to anything more than fantasy? How can...
Provisional Gestures of Intention
Sometimes words express more than we know. A few days ago, contemplating the status of a new novel I am working on, I realized...