Alone – Apr. 2, 2020
“To be alone for any length of time is to shed an outer skin. The body is inhabited in a different way when we are alone than when we are with others. Alone, we live in our bodies as a question rather than a statement.” –David Whyte, Consolations
When Grapes Turn to Wine – July 18, 2019
When grapes turnto wine, they long for our ability to change. When stars wheelaround the North Pole,they are longing for our growing consciousness. Wine got drunk with us,not the other way.The body developed out of us, not we from it. We are bees,and our body is a honeycomb.We madethe body, cell by cell we made […]
The Seed Cracked Open – June 20, 2019
“It used to be that when I would wake in the morning I could with confidence say, “What am ‘I’ going to do?” That was before the seed cracked open. Now Hafiz is certain: There are two of us housed in this body, doing the shopping together in the market and tickling each other while […]