Height of Beauty
December 20, 2019
Secret obsessions, private mad endeavors, finally, unintentionally, revealed are so fragile they break the beholder’s heart. Which beckons the ask: why is heartbreak so beautiful?
You Know, Zen
December 20, 2019
I finally got it, got Zen, thanks to Matsuo Basho, Haiku master of and for all time. Zen is the eternal captured in the moment.
World on a Page
December 19, 2019
What I love, so much, about Anne Carson is how much world she packs onto a paper page. Below is page 2.5 from “Autobiography of
It’s All in Your Head
June 30, 2019
Sunday morning considerations courtesy of Mary Oliver
Lover Created, Because, Destroyed
June 3, 2019
Such an honor to see my review of Luis Panini’s book The Destruction of the Lover published in Tupelo Quarterly. My review seeks to articulate
Last Drops
June 1, 2019
Sometimes, a lot of the times, when I read Sharon Olds it is a small, non-central phrase that does me in. Seldom is it the
Whistle While You Wait
May 29, 2019
The Poetry Foundation’s site come in mighty handy while waiting in line. Example on this is brief, perfect poem above. Other photo in this post
Eroto-Politico Fun
March 30, 2019
From David Foster Wallace’s essay “Ticket to the Fair.”
Voudoun // Desire as Divine
March 28, 2019
Voudoun is a religion of volume, voluminous rites under voluminous skies. It is a cosmology whereby hungry, horny god is appeased by the action of
Shintoism & Reverence in Nature
March 9, 2019
Shintoism, to me, is best described as the religion of Hayao Miyasaki’s animé — of ancient forest, of swift river, and of plump purple friend
Islam & Disciplined Prayer
February 26, 2019
What would happen if every human on earth prayed at five am just once a month? Once a week? How about once a day? What
The Orange Patch in the Center of the Quilt: Lessons of Survival via Self-Love and Community in the Writings of Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison
February 22, 2019
When Baby Suggs, ultimate matriarch and sorceress in Toni Morrison’s masterpiece “Beloved,” is unable to protect her own kin, to deadly consequence, she retreats from
Judaism & the Academics of Faith
February 17, 2019
Judaism is a faith built on faith. The Messiah is coming, eternally and beautifully coming. In the meantime, there is Yahweh and the holy books:
Jainism: Tolerance as Faith
February 9, 2019
Jainism may be a minority religion in India, but the vast proportions of the Indus Valley render the minor into the massive when scaled to
Intimate Wonder
February 7, 2019
Places of wonder abound. Or do they. This is something I wonder about. Does wonder have more to do with mood/temperament of observer or with
The Most Miserable
February 5, 2019
Pictured above is the best book report I’ve ever read, about the actual best book I have ever read. Yes. I think. Coetzee’s “Disgrace” will
Hinduism & All-Encompassing Religiosity*
February 3, 2019
Hinduism is a faith before time, before history. There is no death of prophet, no brutal exodus, no enlightened Bodhi tree shade to mark its
Poems Heavy as Poached Game
January 27, 2019
Scenes from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds’ first book of poems “Satan Says.” In the background, Paola Pivi’s solo exhibit at the Miami Beach Bass
Eating (and Drinking) One’s Way to Heaven
January 26, 2019
Western religions tend to keep faith separate from the ins and outs of the everyday. Church is for Sundays, specifically from 10:00 am to 11:30
Confucianism’s Progressive Respect*
January 21, 2019
Confucianism is not a philosophy, not a social system, not a Way, but a religion at whose center is an all-powerful, loving God who engendered
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Height of Beauty
December 20, 2019
Secret obsessions, private mad endeavors, finally, unintentionally, revealed are so fragile they break the beholder’s heart. Which beckons
You Know, Zen
December 20, 2019
I finally got it, got Zen, thanks to Matsuo Basho, Haiku master of and for all time. Zen
World on a Page
December 19, 2019
What I love, so much, about Anne Carson is how much world she packs onto a paper page.
It’s All in Your Head
June 30, 2019
Sunday morning considerations courtesy of Mary Oliver