Quote for Today: Nicole Krauss
You’re lost in your own world, in the things that happen there, and you’ve locked all the doors. Sometimes I look at you sleeping. I wake up and …
Quote for Today: André Gide
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ―André Gide
The Perils of the Sea: Thoughts on Deep Water
Isolation heightens our self awareness. Is it what we lack or what we bring with us that frightens us most? Can you imagine sailing completely around the world alone without ever once …
Quote for Today: Aron Ralston
I limited myself to one shout a day. But I didn’t like the sound of my voice. It sounded panicked, it sounded scared. And I knew from experience you can’t …
The Outsider as a Mirror: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Outsiders inspire fear and enchantment. What does our reaction to those who are different say about us and our beliefs? Literature and film contain shining examples of outsiders, but I …
Visible and Invisible Chains: Toni Morrison’s Beloved
How do people survive horrible experiences? In Beloved, Toni Morrison gives an illustration of resilience and how fragile it is. When good hearted Paul D. appears on Sethe’s porch one day in …
Quote for Today: Maynard Dixon
I love the grim gaunt edges of the rocks, the great bare backbone of the Earth, rough brows and heaved up shoulders, round ribs and knees of the world’s skeleton …
Marking Space: Roadside Monuments and Geoglyphs of the Atacama
In Earth’s driest desert, humans build monuments: shrines to dead travelers on a dangerous highway and tremendous geoglyphs. Why here? I love the desert. The colors, the ability to see …
Quote for Today: Everett Ruess
Alone I will follow the dark trail, black void on one side and unattainable heights on the other, darkness before and behind me, darkness that pulses and flows and is …
Transcending Cultures through the Arts, Part Two
Art transcends nationality, language, time. Our deepest fears and joys have been and continue to be mirrored across the ages. The psychologist Carl Jung recounted a vivid experience of culture …