The question you have to answer is whether you hold yourself away or throw yourself in; whether you ignore the consequences of failing and insist that the joy is from trying; whether you keep moving when you feel yourself slowing down. Here is a parable: A woman pushes a grocery cart up a steep sidewalk. The […]
When nature wreaks destruction, element confronts element. In the aftermath, the residue lingers and hardens. Burnt wood defies decay. Ash wafts in the air. The insistence of fresh growth encumbers the raw skeletons with ignorant radiance. When man wreaks destruction, fear begets fear. His heart seeks out a hard shell, his hands crave industry, his mind […]
When we read a story, our brains plot everything that’s going on, from the character’s physical locations in space to their interactions with objects in the environment to their pursuit of various psychological and emotional goals. Many of the brain areas active while reading are also active when we actually take part in or […]
I was going through my papers and found three pages of loose notes. They must be recent, but I don’t know why I made them, whether they are my own ideas or notes jotted down from something that I read or saw. They are organized but hurried. They comprise a manifesto of sorts. I just […]
The conception of the library in Stockholm has wormed into my imagination. Then I stumbled upon a curated sampling of bookshelves from Desire to Inspire. Here are two of my favorites. Just like the Stockholm conception, these images create kinesis in my imagination. I grew up surrounded by books — literally, surrounded by books, in […]
Image via Wikipedia Recently I’ve been offering guidance to a young woman on Purpose and Structure. These two concepts sound more lofty than they are. When I talk about Purpose, I’m describing the sense of having a thing to do, a reason for moving for one spot to the next. Structure is the sense that […]