The multiplication of technologies in the name of efficiency is actually eradicating free time by making it possible to maximize the time and place for production and minimize the unstructured travel time in between…Too, the rhetoric of efficiency around these technologies suggests that what cannot be quantified cannot be valued-that that vast array of pleasures…
Step Around from Behind the Bars
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The AlchemistWe arrived at the gilded Merrill Lynch office at Copley Place in Boston’s Back Bay early that Monday morning. We knew from the previous Friday’s market slide that we might be in for a wild ride from the…
Belonging to Your Own Life
We gathered, seated in a circle, in an open classroom at The Burren College of Art. Wind and rain swept up against the walls and ceiling in great, heaving gestures, and the building seemed to be laboring to breathe while holding itself sturdy against the storm. My body shivered from both the coziness of the…
Courage and Creativity
“See with every turning day, how each season makes a child of you again, wants you to become a seeker after rainfall and birdsong, watch now, how it weathers you to a testing in the tried and true, admonishes you with each falling leaf, to be courageous, to be something that has come through, to…
Get Naked
I was seated on the witness stand, feeling surprisingly confident—much more so than any time since the craziness of the custody battle had begun to consume my every waking moment two years prior. I kept my posture perfectly straight so that the lines of my red, tailored blazer and skirt would send the intended message:“Don’t fuck…
Scenius & Solitude
Individuals immersed in a productive scenius will blossom and produce their best work. When buoyed by scenius, you act like genius. Your like-minded peers, and the entire environment inspire you.” ~ Kevin Kelly For as long as I can remember, the image of a secluded cabin in the woods has caused my heart to skip a beat or two. In…
