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Category: On Being

The Dislocating Eye

This sentence in The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa shakes me, challenges me: “It is clear […]

09.04.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

To Be Put Into Words

It is unsettling to read something that says what I have never dared to put into words. It […]

04.26.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

On the Opening of the Hand

It is something close to grief, the slow realization that a person no longer means what they once […]

04.26.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

Pity and Admiration

It is funny how some things you read or watch or hear are not understood or appreciated until […]

03.30.2026 On Being

As the Smoke Clears

On Saturday I had a fascinating, beautiful conversation with someone whose mind and spirit humble and inspire mine. […]

03.29.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst

“Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness,” the verse in the Gospels goes, “for they shall […]

02.27.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

Of Eyes That See Birds and Flowers

Making peace with the parts of myself and my past beyond my control is a strange process. The […]

02.27.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

A Touch of the Infinite

I have noticed a commonality between the things I am drawn to, and have but recently found words […]

02.15.2026 Miscellaneous, On Being

Outsourcing Existence

I had an experience a month ago which did not entirely catch me by surprise. (Well, maybe the […]

07.08.2025 Miscellaneous, On Being

Becoming the Tap

The comparison of one’s mindset to how full one perceives their own “glass” to be — empty, full, […]

05.29.2025 Miscellaneous, On Being

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