The Heart, Art and the Spiritual Quest of The Artist
Exploring the spiritual journey of three visionary artists: Wassily Kandinsky, Hilma af Klint, and James Mahu Korean writer Han Kang, author of The Vegetarian and other books and poetry, won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature. In her speech at the ceremony, she read the first stanza of one of her poems: Where is love?It […]
The Big Picture: My Starring Role in Cinematic Reality
In my early life, I did not question who I was. My parents, family, and circle of friends validated me as a human in a world among other humans. It was obvious because there was no conflict in my local reality as to who else I could be. In my early years, this was not […]
The judgmental voice in my head
I look back on my life and see that I tended to be pretty hard on myself—judgmental, impatient, and intolerant more often than I’d care to admit. Yet, in my most lucid moments of closer observation, I see this as a contradiction, because I can see that it was not based on truth, and was […]
Come Back to Now
If there is one certainty, it is that my mind will wander, my thoughts will go to wild places, and my emotions will follow. That process will continue to varying degrees for the rest of my life. I accept this, but that does not mean I will stop trying to break the pattern and bring […]
The Universe, The Ultimate Teacher
If I pay attention—really pay attention—as I go about my day, I will notice the decisions I make continuously. I make countless decisions: what to eat, which way to turn, what to think, what to say, how to respond to others, how to spend my time, to follow an impulse, and so on. If I’m […]
The Six Heart Virtues and The Art of Life
Art is generally described as the expression of ideas by humans using talent and imagination through a physical medium, such as painting, sculpture, film, dance, writing, photography, or theatre. There is a power in art that can evoke emotion, spark thought, inspire, trigger creativity, and transcend cultural barriers and language. For example, art, such as […]
Visitors in The Night
Sometimes I lay awake up in the middle of the night, it’s quiet and dark, and some part of my body may be hurting or uncomfortable. I’m restless. It is in the realm of being partly awake but not quite asleep. I am conscious that I am awake. In this state, feelings often emerge for […]
Behaviors and Expressions of Love
My wife and I were recently discussing how challenging it is to witness the suffering in many parts of the world today. We find ourselves bombarded 24/7 by news and social media, portraying endless displays of violence, cruelty, and indifference to humans and nature. Unfortunately, this is not new, and we’ve become somewhat desensitized to […]
Seeing the Divine in the Eyes of a Stranger
Sometimes the divine can show up in the most unlikely places and times. Such was the case when I was walking in New York City one summer day. The city was busy as it was close to lunchtime, and the streets were packed with people shoulder-to-shoulder, moving in all directions. There is something exciting for […]
Navigating The Turbulent Seas of Change
I recently finished a book about AI and the impact it will have on our lives. The book, titled The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar, is well-written and thoroughly researched, covering nearly every possible scenario regarding how AI will impact various aspects of our lives. It presents a daunting view of the […]