Category Archives: Commentary

I fell upon this poem recently, by Tom Hirons. I recommend that you visit his website to read the original. The narrator is visited, late at night, by a mud-covered, half-divine figure who bursts into the house demanding food and … Continue reading →

I just finished Dan Brown’s latest book. This isn’t a review — more a moment of noticing. Mystery novels rely on a kind of agreed-upon lie. Something terrible or hidden sits at the center, and we pretend we don’t see … Continue reading →

https://a.co/d/dnK0hcr I once spent six hours removing 1,247 dust specks from a Kodachrome slide my father shot in 1966. No one asked me to. My mother cried when she saw the print. She didn’t know why. That was enough. If … Continue reading →

The difference between curved and flat is not merely optical—it’s metaphysical, mnemonic, and ritualistic. Flat Mirrors: The Illusion of Truth • A flat mirror reflects with minimal distortion. It promises fidelity, symmetry, realism. • In art and theology, it often … Continue reading →

The Fight “Quit copying me” “I’m not copying you, you’re copying me!” “You are too copying me, I was doing it first” “I was doing it second, and doing it better, so you started copying me.”. It was the same … Continue reading →

I was preparing myself for an upcoming visit to the Palace Legion of Honor in San Francisco to see the Manet and Morisot show. It taken more than four years to develop, contacting museums and collectors, to be able to … Continue reading →

Chirality: a curious word. Handedness, the spiral, the twist. Clockwise or counterclockwise, right or left — and, most importantly, does it matter? In the physical world, the answer is yes. Humans are mostly right-handed; most spirals are right-handed. Righty is … Continue reading →

This label has been in the news lately. President Trump suggested that the Russian forces might not have the ability to fight a successful conflict with the Ukraine military. Ukraine is much smaller in physical size and certainly does not … Continue reading →

We are more like cheetahs than chimpanzees. That sounds brash, but it’s not far from the truth. Cheetahs today have only about 6,500 breeders, and in the past they dipped far lower — perhaps just a few hundred animals ten … Continue reading →

I keep my spiritual door half-ajar, living the soft economy of being both open and closed. My tongue travels between knives and hammers; it teaches me caution with words. Walking is a miracle — falling forward, repeating the act. My … Continue reading →