Primitive in our language
“I knocked it out of the park.”
Mouths
The German philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist, Walter Benjamin, said that the novel is actually a break from storytelling.
Change
When my father was born in Minden, Nebraska in 1923 …
Convergence, part 3
In the mingling of the rivers, there are so many stories …
Convergence, part 2
As the river that is a life – a library of tales, fables, myths, legends, poems and narratives of every description – approaches the ocean …
Convergence, part 1
One of the places our stories converge is around loss and grief.
Persuasion
When humans want to make sense of something, we look for the familiar.
Noticing, part 3
Learning to see the same things other people see – but differently – requires space.
Noticing, part 2
Once a person is inspired by the artists and the poets …
Witnesses
When we encounter the universe that is another person, we have a menu of choices of how to respond. Rabbi Ariel Burger observes two challenges with otherness, in the sense that it can be used either as a weapon or a barrier: “we fall into the trap of not listening, [or] we are overfamiliar and […]