Creativity
The Art Garde of Cinema
Marjorie, Maya, Dance and Champions of the Avant Garde: 16mm women filmmakers I respect a hella lot Marjorie Keller (1950–1994) was a filmmaker, author, activist, film scholar, wife,…
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Category: Mommess
Mommess
Matunuck
Escaping the sleepover fallouttwo extra boys. Legends lp playing then. And now too. The Digital. Quiet happy. Then. and video games. and airy mattress pushed up on it’s…
Creativity
Collections of an art dilettante
I had a high school art teacher whom I used to bump into in my 20’s say to me, “I’m so sorry I suggested you go to that…
Culture
Reconciling Paradox – an Artist’s Way
Art CV at bottom of this page, includes cyber art citations back to 1997-2003. Here’s another installment of my younger self aiming to figure stuff out, and simply…
Family
Teddy Talk
Around 5 years ago, we needed to put down our dog Teddy. My son just today asked me where Teddy really is. At the time we had told…
Creativity
Calling all Creators
Our children need our protection not infantilization. It’s time for creators to stop producing trite, dopamine-drippy, algorithmically-oriented content, and offer instead true stories that count. Like family origin…
Culture
Slay the Protégé
In myth and in life, Proteges slaying Mentors is an age-old archetypal pattern, and one that represents an energetic exchange that can be uniquely helpful in a protege’s…
Body & Health
hitting the speed limit
Tomorrow I turn 55, and I kind of love this age and all it represents. This birthday reminds me of my old restaurant days when I waited tables…
Culture
Stories v Stats
Assumptions, click bait, and real communication across the Internet: stats are servants to storytelling Most of us have been conditioned to chase likes, loves, follows, and comments on…
Mommess
Being Right vs. Judgement
In my Buddhism practice, there is a practice statement that has been gnawing away at me. It’s phrased so benignly, but the implications have been earth-shattering for me.…
Family
Personal transformation is the only miracle recognized as such by the Buddha
Stories from mine: When I feel raw and tired, I call my Aunt BahBah – the peace wrangler of the family. Her last name is Lamb, and sheep,…
Body & Health
Practice Notes – Jan 19
I’ve been taking Buddhism classes with Jungto Society, and I love them. The classes teach about the history, the philosophy, and the principles of Buddhism, but mostly they…