funny lens

“Look into the spoon where it caves in, what do you see?” the science instructor asked.
“I see myself, upside down!”
“Upside down! I’m upside down!”
“OK,” the instructor returned, “can you make yourself appear right side up?”
“Stand on my head!!!!!!”
“OK, go ahead and try it and see if it works!”
“NooooOOOOOooooooOOOoooo….!!”
“But if you look on the other side [...]

Read Full Post »

pour me a cup of brokenness

Just read about this interesting exhibition by female Chilean artist  Livia Marin called “Broken Things.” She said:

In this particular show, the figure of something broken is what hinges that relationship: when something breaks it goes out of use, it can be discarded, but it might enter a new phase of signification if its owner has [...]

Read Full Post »

(postscript)

Some days I think, This gotta stop.
All these scattered thoughts that stream out of my brain, and my heart, that I want to pin down, in intricate and exquisite designs, across the journal of my life, for vanity’s sake, so my children and grandchildren can look through my journal and marvel over my gorgeous words, [...]

Read Full Post »

love it, hate it, it’s all you’ve got

Self-hatred. When I read of how, once, when the Dalai Lama was at some psychology conference and the presenter was going on about a self-hatred study, His Holiness became deeply puzzled and sought clarification with his translator. When confirmed that indeed the presenter was talking about self-hatred, His Holiness asked, “But why would anyone hate [...]

Read Full Post »

grief.life

I swear. I swear I have made many attempts to come here and elaborate on the points that I had scribbled on this post-it note that has been moved so often that sticky part is no longer sticky. Soon, little Lyra, who is threatening to be fully mobile any second now, and who lives true [...]

Read Full Post »

be really interested

I was reading this article by Sylvia Boorstein in the Shambhala Sun the other day, talking about how striking up a conversation with a stranger and being truly interested in what they say can lead to unexpected insights. So she spoke with a woman on a flight from San Francisco from new York, and that [...]

Read Full Post »