Creative Subversion

Creative Subversion

It was a time for meeting kindred spirits in the unlikeliest of places and situations. It was also a time for looking deep inside oneself and finding out what's there, be it bravery or cowardice. Most of all, for the writers and artists who fought the regime, it was a time for creative subversion.

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After 9/11

After 9/11

I admit that I’m frantically ferreting out these instances of a united America amidst the increasing shrillness of the rhetoric of war that is now dominating the airwaves. 

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Romantic Fugue

Romantic Fugue

She felt the intensity of the restlessness and the need to be free but didn’t yet have the words that could make him understand. 

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Good Night, My Friend

Good Night, My Friend

I can never figure this out – how does God or whoever it is that makes decisions such as this, decide which person should get sick, which should die immediately and which one should continue living?

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Memories of Rain

Memories of Rain

Rain to us was liberating. Not only was it water play, it allowed us to sink our bare feet into soil previously forbidding in its dryness.

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Betrayals

Betrayals

My personal denial pattern became: certain people’s worth as a source (of information) has nothing to do with their personal behavior and, for as long as I am not personally affected, let them have their fun. 

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Intimations of Mortality

Intimations of Mortality

The next time you wake up with an ache in your joints or discontent in your soul, pay attention. It could just be the pain of a life not yet fully lived.  

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The Soundtrack of My Life

The Soundtrack of My Life

It’s amazing what treasures one can unearth when trying to unclutter a life.  

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