Friends marched literally around the world and I could not have been more inspired. There were so many people in…
Listening: Mindfulness and Peace [On Being]
“Is your teaching any different if you’re speaking to members of Congress, or you’re speaking to Hollywood filmmakers, or you’re…
Listening: On knowledge and meaning over time
“There is a really beautiful commencement address that Adrienne Rich gave in 1977 in which she said that, “an education…
All the best things that happened in 2016
Finally found a furniture arrangement that works for my apartment Got elected! Gave up gluten, loved it Did a month…
Reading List: Hillybilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
“I don’t believe in epiphanies. I don’t believe in transformative moments, as transformation is harder than a moment.” –pp173 “I’m…
Doing less
It’s a new year, and with that comes heightened reflections on what I want to get done. It could be…
Trees: Late 2016
After Mitch Epstein finished taking photographs for the stunning/thought-provoking/incredible American Power, he photographed trees in New York City, which must…
Reading: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith
“I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one. I…
Reading: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Zaphod stared at him bitterly. “Ah shit,” he said, “you wake me up from my own perfectly good dream to…
You should move if you want but it doesn’t matter
Being in any particular place isn’t what makes your life happen in a certain way. It’s just you, your perspective,…
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