001701

“… my dreams? Almost invariably I am trying to restore some complex mess that resulted from my waking mind’s bizarre tendency to shred unities into separations, and become fascinated by the result.” — an anonymous informant

001702

“I cannot yet tell if you approve or disapprove, but if it’s come to to this determination… we are already deeply in peril.”

001704

Gratitude is a virtue, and in our time, such virtues, when enacted and embodied, deeply transform our common experience… and potential. I do not have to subscribe to the specific cultural origins of a ‘holiday’ to recognize virtue… especially...

001705

“What art could you make if your personal identity, your locality, your history, your habits… could be creatively suspended. What could you write if you did not have to be yourself?” — the question we sometimes become instead of answering