We’re All the Difficult Kind. Love Us Anyway.
Can you remember a time when you walked on this earth unencumbered with self-consciousness? A moment when you dressed, spoke, played, danced, laughed, or raged without concern for appearance, [...]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, Turn and Face the Strange
During a long drive about two weeks ago, the song Changes, by David Bowie, came on the radio. Bowie and his music have been on my mind ever-since. It’s kind of odd, I wouldn’t [...]
The Good Life. For That I Came.
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;As tumbled over rim in roundy wellsStones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’sBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad [...]
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
In the 2021 movie, Dune: Part I, the young Paul Atreides submits to the Gom Jabbar, a test administered by the leader of an order of semi-mystical priestesses. In the test, he must put his hand [...]