“It is characteristic that dreams never express themselves in a logical, abstract way but always in the language of parable or simile.” -Carl Jung When writing, it’s generally considered bad form to indicate that something can’t be described in words. Yet this is precisely the challenge when writing about this work- finding words that convey …
“And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales.” Acts9:18 KJV Medieval European maps often grew outward from the Mediterranean Sea, which they believed was the centre of the Earth. At the edges of the known world was the great unknown, terra incognita, and here the maps were often illustrated with fantastical …
Today, 18 October 2016, is my second Second Birthday. Yes, that’s correct, Second Birthday. Two years ago today everything changed for me and I started down a new, healthy, and happy path that I plan to follow all the way to the end. I was born again into a new life and was given a …
“I found god in myself and I loved her, I loved her fiercely”-Ntozake Shange This time, the temple in the woods was familiar, a place of refuge and peace to come home to. Beneath the skylight piercing the apex of the dome was safety, community, acceptance, and love. I was excited to swim once more in …
There are tectonic moments in a life when the Earth beneath our feet shakes and shifts and the world upends itself in a convulsion of change and realignment. The path, once so clearly unrolled before us, fractures into rubble, falls into a yawning, steaming chasm, and a new, open way appears in another direction. Do you …
A few days ago a person whom I”ve never met face to face sent me an email that has shaken me to my core and has made me question, even moreso than before, the rhyme and reason, the wherefores and whyfors, of who and what I am. That email was necessary and welcome because it …
