The mystical Halloween journey The trail begins uphill, so there is plenty of downhill to go. The bonfire crackles proudly as the voices of children shriek with customary delight at being outside in fresh air with friends. Dusk sweeps over the land and sky and grownups speak in softer tones. Continue Reading
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An autumn wilderness theater experience by candlelight
Vision
A Poem Picture thisA world that has no word for dominanceNo concept of hierarchyA language that doesn’t have words meant to hurtA society that’s never known violence againstwomen or childrenWhere women have sovereigntyover their own bodiesWhere men know how to nurtureWhere every child is wantedWhere ancestors are honoredWhere the older Continue Reading
What does it mean to be an artist in the 21st century?
And who gets to be one? What does it mean to be an artist in the 21st century? As an artist, this is a question I’m deeply interested in. Of course, there are many ways to define art. Here are a few: Art doesn’t have to be beautiful. Art doesn’t Continue Reading
Cricket
I heard a cricket in Times Square Somewhere on 43rd street between 7th and 8th Among the 7am Sunday morning garbage Littered from Saturday night’s midtown fever While the street sweepers swept And early sunlight slowly illuminated glass buildings And un-homed men urinated unabashedly between parked cars And the bright Continue Reading
3 Questions That Could Change Your Life
Inviting in the Hindu Goddess Kali I didn’t know anything about the Hindu goddess Kali until I dreamed about her. In waking life, I didn’t even know how to spell her name, much less what she traditionally represents to Hindu culture and spirituality since emerging in texts in roughly 1000 Continue Reading