“We are Nature, long have we been absent, but now we return…” Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Matter and spirit blend in rhythmic unity. The mind echoes into the world and the world into the mind, animation as echoic symphony, libidinal riffs of embodied motion constituting consciousness – the tap-tk-tk-tap-tap of the full-yet-empty self. There… Continue reading

“Who was I now – woman or man? That question could never be answered so long as those were the only choices; it could never be answered if it had to be asked.” Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues When I was a kid I collected grasshoppers. There was a wide open field next to our… Continue reading

“The world is our consciousness, and it surrounds us.” Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild God is a wanderer. Kyrie Eleison. In the beginning, God is but never was. God without history, God without creation, God without nature. In absence – the abyss of nothing before nothing – God hopes, God yearns, God desires,… Continue reading

“All rules for study are summed up only in this one: learn in order to create.” Friedrich Schelling, On University Studies Philosophy is a conceptual playground, the choreography of the imagination. We enter philosophy through stepping into our concepts, opening the door of appearance to enter the abode of mystery. Concepts are labyrinths – twisting,… Continue reading

1. Love Intentionally – Seek to love yourself, others, and the world each day, allowing yourself to fail while also returning to that intention again and again. 2. Love Habitually – Through loving intentionally, seek to practice love so that it becomes a second nature, becoming a part of your everyday life. 3. Love Abdundantly… Continue reading