Quote for Today: Katherine E. Standefer
“In life as in story,” writes Arthur Frank, “one event is expected to lead to another.” Our medical system has sold us a story of remedy, progress, technology, professionalism, and …
“In life as in story,” writes Arthur Frank, “one event is expected to lead to another.” Our medical system has sold us a story of remedy, progress, technology, professionalism, and …
Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn’t understand stability. He’s confused it with rigidity. Our political and economic and social leaders drool about stability constantly. It’s their favorite …
What is the most profound difference between us, between you and me? You already know it. It’s these ancestral memories. Mine come at me in the full glare of awareness. …
What is most surprising of all is how much fear there is in school. Why is so little said about it. Perhaps most people do not recognize fear in children …
It was almost painful to watch, that kite of mine. Tethered to the string in my hand. Dancing in the sky all alone. My breath caught in my throat, my …
In principle any skill or discipline one can master on one’s own will serve: meditation and prayer if one is so inclined; exercise, aerobics, martial arts for those who prefer …
Synkroniciti is delighted to welcome Greek interdisciplinary artist Eugenia Grammenou with a stirring poem, Inner Topography. This piece hits the hard issues of abuse, misogyny and control. Eugenia confronts them …
Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It won’t hurt you. It will only help. If you let the fear inside, if you pull it on like a …
This short romantic film directed and written by Robin K. Johnson, who also stars, is a look at the voices that nag those in interracial relationships. Why do we celebrate …
The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of the writer. This is completely understood about poetry or fiction, but it …