What Do You See?
What do you first notice when you look at this photo? What do you notice next? Do you find yourself making aesthetic judgments or comparisons? What about moral judgments? Is it possible truly to witness without judgment? To see the… (READ MORE)
Another Person’s Treasure
“Just a little green…”
A neighbor who lives in the top floor of the building across the street, and thus has a spectacular view of the maples in front of my house writes: “The buds on your tree are more numerous than yesterday, and… (READ MORE)
“I Don’t Care If It Rains or Freezes…” (and freedom from the pairs of opposites)
When I was walking into work in the cold rain this morning, the song “Plastic Jesus” arose in my head. I thought that I didn’t know many of the lyrics, but when I got back and checked for recordings to… (READ MORE)
Making Beauty
My top word for the week is “dank,” which evokes so much in so little space. I was attending a conference for much of the early part of the week and simultaneously needed to meet a combination of expected and… (READ MORE)
Magic Carpet?
Do you ever stop to wonder about the ubiquitous, wildly patterned expanses of carpets at the big chain hotels? What might be the reasons for such carpets? 1. The carpet designers all ingested some kind of substance that gave them… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation?
Could you find your innards gorgeous–the blood, sinovial fluid, organs of digestion and elimination? What about your inner thoughts and memories, the ones you do not want to share? That, of course, is not the point, here. What does it… (READ MORE)
An Apparent Offering to the Gods
I am in a different part of town for an educational conference. I had lunch at a Japanese restaurant where the sushi chefs were prattling to each other in Spanish. This offering was in the waiting area; to whose gods,… (READ MORE)
Snow and Blossoms (Morning Walk via the Capitol to Dupont Circle)
I got out of the house by 7:30 this morning because I knew the dusting of snow would not last long, and I wanted to enjoy the combination of blossoms and snow making every thing vibrate with beauty. I was… (READ MORE)