The Proust Questionnaire (an exercise in over-sharing)

This week, I began watching a 30-day course on CreativeLive. One of the homework exercises was to do the Proust Questionnaire (as found on brainpickings.com). Since I have already been doing a lot of this kind of self-examination over the last year or so, I was all over it… Continue reading

I don’t get it (a poem)

Though I made a conscious decision several months ago to stop following the news (especially television news), obviously I still hear about things.

A few weeks ago, I resolved to write something about my utter confusion and disbelief when it comes to the many ways we as human beings mistreat…well…just about everything, especially where violence is involved. I’ve been finding that it’s not such an easy task—in fact, it’s all too easy to come off as pedantic, patronizing, and/or holier than thou. I’ve also found that there’s just so much that could be addressed that things could become very unwieldy very quickly. So, these are just a small few of the questions that sometimes go through my head…
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