Love, the answer to the problem of human existence
-Erich Fromm (from The Art of Loving, Chapter 1)
We Blush
See Things Just As They Are
“Missions are stupid, Tereza. I have no mission. No one has. And it’s a terrific relief to realize you’re free, free of all missions.”-Milan Kundera (excerpt from The Unbearable Lightness of Being) Photo of me by: Agnes Fox Photography
A Brush With Reality
People like to say: Take things day by day. You never know where things are gonna go, so go with the flow, and take the higher road. C’est la vie, and so the story goes.. But don’t hit the road, Jack. Instead, be yourself follow your path march to the beat of your own drum let your true colors show and don’t forget to: find…
No Rush Allowed
“To allow ourselves to spend afternoons watching dancers rehearse, or sit on a stone wall and watch the sunset, or spend the whole weekend rereading Chekhov stories—to know that we are doing what we’re supposed to be doing — is the deepest form of permission in our creative lives. The British author and psychologist Adam Phillips has noted, ‘When we are inspired, rather like when…
How Do You Do?
What do you do? This is the question. The inevitable, age-old question. You always know when it is coming too. You meet someone new, you exchange names, maybe you ask where the person is from, and then, without fail, someone asks it. So, what do you do? For some people, the question skips off them like a stone on the surface of a pond. “Oh,…
An Evening With…Josie Schweitzer of Thank Yoga
Think about the last time you blew a bubble. As children, we’d revel in the opportunity to take a lousy sud on a neon-colored wand and animate it with a quick puff of breath. This simple game could never disappoint. We were creating something out of nothing, and something that could float for that matter. Even better. With age, our bubble blowing days become few…