Deceiving ourselves with our own masks
Owls, tigers, raccoons, monkeys, humans. We all wear masks of some sort. We could call these masks personality, identity, stories we tell of ourselves to ourselves, our social media profiles, our clothing, our jobs, our titles. Masks are a tradition for tribal peoples, celebrations like Mardi Gras, and storytelling in theatre. They are a way of coming to terms with death, a way of understanding our common stories, of expressing creativity and energy. Masks are a way of escaping from our...
Read MoreMy empty self
I am a fragile self, constantly emerging, flowing and transforming through micro worlds…ready… In this moment I am the sum of all parts of the universe, yet diverse from all parts too in my relationship to all else. My full reality is contained within my immediate vicinity. My entire nature is contained in a single moment of attention. My story is inextricably tied to every other story; I don’t exist without relationship. And my story has yet to be told as such truth waits to know...
Read MoreDon’t Escape With Someone Else’s Goat
What I love goats, and what I learned about relationships from goat behavior.
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