468: that

Joan Acocella and Helen Garner Beauty, by appearing plain and natural, gives us hope that we too can be beautiful I resolve to spend the rest of my life reaching for that point where surely nature and art by human hands this aesthetic meets morals...

467: weather in the mind

nope not a typo weather not whether I am leading this down a long corridor of life this is about not storms or tornados neither all sunny skies and birdsong it is about a place we all travel whether the weather is pleasing or not it is where we all live before we live...

466: return on investment

part of me resonates with this remoteness the monk part the solitary part the recluse part the part of me that wants to know more of myself of life of living the part of me that wants the truth to step into the world in a way that means something regardless of its...

465: when I feel angry

the prescription is to hit pillows or scream in an empty room I favor writing it out ranting on paper it helps sometimes it shows me something I’d missed or a way to see around the pain frustration despondency all words that come back around to anger mostly...