Expectations Featured Artist Lorraine Jeffery
Synkroniciti is delighted to welcome back poet Lorraine Jeffery of Utah, previously featured in our Curiosity and Family issues, with two poems about personal and communal expectations that shape our …
“Curiosity” Featured Artist Annette Boushey Holland
Please join Synkroniciti in welcoming poet and writer Annette Boushey Holland. “Curiosity” features her poem, “Downstream Neighbor,” which tells the story of a man who purchases a tract of wetlands …
Quote for Today: Drexel Deal
There is another dangerous component to armed robberies, one that I could never understand. I noticed some time ago that with each robbery I committed there was an intense …
Deciphering the Dream: Robert Altman’s 3 Women
Dreams allow symbols, objects and personalities to form fluid associations. Can their suspension of reality help us understand our lives? Robert Altman was having a terrible day. He had argued …
Owning Aggression: Sonya Tayeh’s Baggage
Many believe art should always emphasize the beautiful and balanced. Can art help us understand and heal our dark side? Sonya Tayeh is best known as a choreographer on …
Apocalyptic Fears: Executing Peace by Katherine McDaniel
How do we deal with things that scare and anger us? Art can help us work through fear toward hope. My newest painting came about while I was meditating on fear. I …
Undercurrents of Sensuality and Aggression in Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The most famous of vampires is Dracula. Why are we mesmerized by this character created more than a century ago? We owe our acquaintance with Dracula, a figure who has …
Quote for Today: Steven Pinker
Today’s ubiquitous, networked computers have an unprecedented ability to do mischief should they ever go to the bad. But the only mayhem comes from unpredictable chaos or from human malice …