The Living Art of Improvisation I might say that my life story, in the living, was one long improvisation. We might say the same about any life, as we adapt day by day and moment by moment to whatever life throws at us, as a matter of survival or measure…
No Present
Is it important to cover the past, to entertain or explicate what happened and why? Shall we instead embark on a speculative quest to predict or manage the future? What is to be said about the all-encompassing present, complete in its own perfection, its paradox of simultaneous fullness and emptiness?…
Three Meditations on Evil
“The line between good and evil runs through the landscape of every human heart.” —Joanna Macy The Devil’s Advocate Stunned, you watch biology, democracy, the rule of law dissolve, a cacophony of ripples on a boundless shore. In dismay you demand, ”Who are the evil geniuses who claim to rule…
The Net and the Open Sky
The Net and the Open Sky I see a net against the open sky. Are we the net, are we the sky? We witness both, one against the other. Are we caught in the net, or free to fly? News is dire, prospects bleak. The reset button has been pushed;…