Poet Identity
Guest Blog. This essay was written by a recent student-friend, as he explores one of those areas by which we establish meaning in our...
How Do You Think You Are?
We all take as a given, like fish in water, a cultural and historical preoccupation with the “self” as something to nurture, protect,...
Tropic Discourse
I suppose I have been interested in metaphor and other tropes since I went to a conference on “Metaphor and Thought” back when I was in...
Monkey Mind II: Mysticism, Childhood, and Mental Health
"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creation out of void, but out of chaos." -- Mary Shelley We are all mystics...
Monkey Mind I: Subjectivity and the Brain's Default Mode Network
So, what do you think about when you’re not thinking about anything else? Where does your mind go when it isn’t busy with goal-directed...
Crying and Laughing
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5 Yes, things can often look much better in the morning, and...
Bad Boys
So what’s the appeal of bad boys? Let’s be clear that the real “bad boys,” are the ones who have failed, the incarcerated felons, the...
Your Guts
I’ve been told that leaving academia when I did, at the relatively tender age of 63, and at the top of my scholarly and teaching game,...
Working It Out
“So… what do you do?” When we ask this question, we are often asking what someone “does for a living,” but it means so much more than...
What We Do Not Want to Know about Ourselves
""...the dividing line between good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his...
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