One of the oldest myths about the celebration of Spring comes from the Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia, somewhere between 2000 and 4000 BC. Cuneiform tablets from this ancient civilization tell the story of “The Descent of Inanna,” a precursor to the tale of Persephone. Religious scholars cite Inanna’s tale as the start of the modern-day […]
Note: Spoilers ahead for the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. If you haven’t seen it, put this down and come back after a viewing. “Nothing matters.” ~ Jobu/Joy, Everything Everywhere All at Once “Nothing matters.” ~ Evelyn, Everything Everywhere All at Once I just rewatched the brilliant multiverse film Everything Everywhere All […]
“Take responsibility for the energy you bring.” ~Jill Bolte Taylor The Buddha once advised, “You are not responsible for who drinks from your fountain, how much they drink, or what they do with the drinking. but you are precisely responsible for what you pour.” The question then, for you … and for me … […]
In the garbage, I see beauty. In beautiful things, I see the garbage. One cannot exist without the other. ~lexicographer, linguist, ontologist, and archaeologist Barbara Ann Kipfer Construction of the Tower of Pisa began in 1173. The 58m-high bell tower, or campanile, took almost 200 years to build, and was already alarmingly […]
I rifled through my giant bins of pre-iPhone photographs. My college besties were coming for a sleepover and it’s always a fun game to look back at the way we were. I found a handful of photos, big hair and pegged jeans carbon dating us to the early 90’s. There is one photo I particularly […]
