Edward

I suppose it’s more of a reprise than an encore, but nonetheless I love how every performance of Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is pretty much guaranteed to get a thunderous standing ovation. The euphoric feeling that washes over the audience during Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham simply demands more o...

I was not expecting such a dramatic turn of events. In fact, I’d been told I didn’t even really need to show up; I just needed to be reachable by phone. Yet what had been explained to me as a mostly procedural moment was suddenly one where I had to make major life decisions. The stakes were not on...

In some ways, I’ve often considered it my greatest virtue, yet lately I’ve seen it perhaps more accurately as a double-edged sword. Even the greatest poets and philosophers are divided. On the positive side, it allowed me to survive boatloads of childhood trauma. On the negative side, I’m often li...

This guided meditation is 9 minutes long with an extra 4 minutes more of music by my talented friend David Buchs. You can stream it here or download in the link below. CLICK TODownload

The irony is truly epic. Perhaps so vast that it transcends genres, touching on camp comedy and forbidden love, ending in tragedy. It’s often said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and indeed, my journey started innocently enough. You see, I’ve been deve...

Griselda has returned to the baseball field. In case you’ve missed the previous postings, Griselda’s a particularly shady character, someone who apparently scams refugees. She’s descended on various local dog parks with a sweet-faced pup who gets into multiple bloody scuffles per visit. There are ...

3 Spots Left HERE The concept applies to everything from spring cleaning to psychotherapy. Specifically, it’s the paradoxical phenomenon that occurs whenever you try to organize and tame any kind of chaos. Instead of diminishing, disorder rapidly escalates. As I explore this month’s theme...

I’ve never witnessed it before in real life (and I bet you haven’t either). In fact, the only instance I can recall of someone doing something remotely like this was in an episode of Sex and the City. Specifically, Samantha, after discovering Richard cheating on her, plasters the city with posters. ...

This guided meditation is 11 minutes long with an extra 8 minutes more of music by my talented friend David Buchs. You can stream it here or download in the link below.