The story of the king is the story of the people, and unfortunately, to this day, no king has learned this lesson. Rabih Alameddine
The Creative Process
Holiday Moodiness / Sad Inward Bright Outward
In the Midst of a Mean election, Noble Beauty in a Song
Many of my patients have an increased sense of self -alienation since Trump has become so dominant in the American psyche . I recently came across this recording which aired on, This American Life. The songwriter, Sara Bareilles ,imagines Obama’s interior dialogue and the singer, Leslie Odom, offer us a complex painful and beautiful portrait
Tender Re-emergence
I was driving down a small road and came upon a cemetery and was struck by this sadly sweet remembrance for a child. As spring finds it way in my little city, there are buds and flowers everywhere. This gentle weather has initiated much activity. All around me, people are running in new gear, the
Memory and Desire 2
As I move closer to my book’s completion I find myself reflecting on the choice I made to reshape truth to more accurately convey the substance of the experience. Fiction and nonfiction take hands and walk the reader down the same path. Author and memoirist , Tomas Gonzalez speaks to this in an interview which