Part One Instant Message (4:32 a.m.) Part Two Cover Letter Part Three Roads/1 Modus Operandi/1 Invitation/1 Invitation/2 Lexicon/1 Being Present/1 What Some People Say/1 A Cup of Tea/1 (Fullness and Emptiness/1) Lexicon/2 A Little Taste/1
We will share a few experiences (on the streets, meeting new people, trainings) we’ve had since Michael Brown was killed and how our heart/spiritual perspective on white privilege/black oppression in the current system of life…
Like Sontag and Beseda, many of us are tempted to be intolerant of the ambiguity and intimidated by the risks of photography and other art forms. Ultimately, I believe we are most daunted by the…
It’s OK to forget to do gratitudes when you most need them It’s OK to be grumpy for between seven and nine minutes It’s OK to feel like everyone is smarter than you (but for…
for Chris Do you have the scribbles of Shimmelstoy in your bookmarks? They’re better for you than the Lotus Sutra! “Like,” share, and read them over and over– The bodhisattva in those verses is really only you!
May you be filled with loving kindness For the kids on the edge of urban doom May you be well Unfazed by the hourly bureaucratic hoops May you be peaceful and at ease Before the…
There was the wailing wall in my study: How many minutes did I mediate on those photographs of Mev, how many tears fell, how many screams of mine ascended to Cathy Nolan’s ears upstairs, how…
In ten years (or thirty) Thich Nhat Hanh will still be among the living Just like today I will see him in your smile
There we sat at Cafe Ventana Two hours on a Thursday afternoon You heard my shtick about “Be average” My neurotic update on Dear Layla Your serenity (so it seems to me) About your future…
With all of the talk of Romero becoming a martyr… Officially, “killed in the hatred of faith” I can’t help but think… well duh You and I already knew that Angelica knew that Ann knew…