We Are in Creation
An Introduction to the Arts as a Modality for Growth Since 2018, I have been studying the field of Expressive Arts Therapy, a slight misnomer, as the “field” is a sphere of realization available to us all. The “expressive arts”…
Thoughts from a window cleaner
Or How to Boost productivity, enjoy life, and become a man Popular wisdom says embrace the unknown, brave challenges, fear nothing. Easily said and – like rolling a boulder uphill – done. Before window cleaning, my struggles and successes had…
True Magic in Pan’s Labyrinth
True Magic in Pan’s Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro weaves us a tale rich in myth and archetypes, the kind we loved as children and forgot. At the same time, Pan’s Labyrinth is gorgeous, forward-thinking cinema that undoes what we thought…
A River in the Rainforest: How the Most Beautiful Moments Exist within the Mundane
Any experience can open up into something life-giving and gorgeous. Environments as unlike as day and night cross-pollinate. A stuffy airport queue recalls a river in the rainforest. Don’t fall for the appearances around you. Behind the veil, between the…
Vesta Coffee Roasters – Las Vegas
Las Vegas emerges like a mirage in the desert, and even after several days there, I am still not convinced it’s real. The most clear evidence I have is the lingering taste of the espresso from Vesta Coffee Roasters in…
Engage!
I was standing over a cliff in New South Wales, Australia, watching the sea pound at the rocks. I suddenly thought of the principle of engagement, like the water that gets into every crevice and relentlessly does its work. There is no…
Night Flight
As sweet shapes and shadows cool for night Across the silk sky, owls in flight Feel the winter beneath their wings Listen to ice as it snaps and sings. Such sailing creatures we love to be Or to stand and…
Espresso Guidelines at The Jewel Cafe
Dear baristas of The Jewel Cafe, thank you for your dedication to the best possible coffee at The Oasis Centre. Thanks to Rogue Wave Coffee, we’re supplied with delicious beans, expertly and freshly roasted. Now it’s our job to render…
Dinosaurs
The early earth was shaken By mammoth footfall pounding dust, Before the plains were overtaken When we arrived upon the crust. Did they communicate – who knows? In some medium reptilian? As our web and radios Link the tender billions.…
A Code of of Kindness in Master and Commander
Master and Commander is a simple adventure with undercurrents of sweetness and wisdom. What I enjoyed particularly was the strength of character across differences in personality, opinion, and experience. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a youth in battle or a…