HARDSCRABBLE Common sense would tell us we are born free. Unfortunately, that is not always the case (or may not remain so for very long). After getting acclimated to this world, we are later governed by it – its stipulations … Continue reading
A Slow Suicide I. the pakistani painter’s studio a shrine to her lost self the finer things glossed resistance depressed days blunted nights II. the darkest corner of her dust-laden studio whisper brighter daysze.
Zen-like life-Force > the flow of ideas quickens beyond chronicle.. My last liberal cupof coffee astral projectedfrom Hyde Park to Riversideone late weekday morning.. No longer ‘agreeing’with conservative ideas,I now live and breathe them; In other words,no longer a liberal … Continue reading
STILL STRANGERS: EROS IN EROSION After years of wear, she would sew with those sharp dead beads, new thoughts into the threadbare pattern of memory, and he solder his older, darker, thoughts into place…. … Long ago… they learned to … Continue reading
Fear of a Living Planet (Sides A & B) There might be lots of opinions on what is most important to the dignity of humans, but all of those opinions, these days, fall into only one of two camps: those … Continue reading
Psychologist Erik Erikson broke human life up into several stages, each of which had an accompanying ‘crisis’ representing what the person would be focusing on and figuring out at that age. I think the word ‘crisis’ has become overused, and … Continue reading