Quote for Today: Rainer Maria Rilke
How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; …
Quote for Today: Anne Lamott
My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give it to me to untangle. It would have …
Tale of the Dreamtime: Waatji Pulyeri, The Blue Wren
The Aboriginal people of Australia have their own word for Creation. They call it the Dreamtime, a place where souls and dream animals move in the light and shadow of …
Creating New Worlds: Frank Herbert’s Dune
The power in sci-fi and fantasy lies in the creation of new worlds. Why do these worlds capture the imagination? Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It …