Recently I had a chance to spend the morning with one of my favorite thinkers, David Whyte. He told us a brief story that floored the entire room. As he tells it, he was holding a retreat on Bainbridge Island in Washington. On a walk with one of the retreat participants, she outlined her woes […]
Good Girl
I’ve had the dream several times over the past months. It’s not an exciting dream, or a particularly emotional one, but it is incredibly specific. In my dream, I’m riding again. I call my horse in from the paddock. She comes readily and I slip the halter over her head. I speak quiet nonsense to […]
Learning to Fail
Recently, I was listening to a TED Talk from General Stanley McChrystal. He was talking about leadership lessons he learned in his long military career. One lesson he shared has stuck in my head ever since: Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure. General Stanley McChrystal He came to […]
Why Art
We don’t need it to survive. We can eat, sleep, breathe just fine without it. It is utterly unnecessary and yet most of us can’t imagine life without it. Why art? Why do we make it, dance to it, sing it? Why do we decorate and embellish and accessorize with it? Why do we spend […]
Improving the Silence
Today I was talking with a fellow writer about the trap of inspiration. Don’t get me wrong. It’s glorious when it comes, allowing ideas to dance merrily from the fingers to the keyboard and onto the screen. Inspiration can be triggered by a wide variety of things: a snippet of conversation, visiting a new place, […]
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