A Japanese parable on imperfection A light rain pinged on top crowded tin roofs and the frail old potter paced below the alleyway around his cooling ceramic. Canopied from the damp, he circled a patio table where his finished pot was perched, carefully assessing its fire-settled state. Slowing his paces, he nodded glibly, muttered aContinue reading “Sacred Fractures”
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Bordeaux Swills Belief
Some parting thoughts, as I sit here in that adorably posh little neighborhood of Chartron, along the rue Notre-Dame, my farewell beer (grande, pas petite!) by my side in the open air (en plein air), preparing my departure after a transformative week in Bordeaux. My holiday flat along the Jardin Public was a treasure. AContinue reading ” Bordeaux Swills Belief”
A City Whispers, A Cerberus Answers
The Cerberus is the guardian of the gates of hell from Greek mythology. He is a three headed watchdog on steroids. The fiercest guardian one can adopt to patrol the boundaries of all your protected spaces. And this is what we all need sometimes, a terrifying brutish force to ruthlessly guard the spaces in ourContinue reading “A City Whispers, A Cerberus Answers”
Resolutions
Purpose comes and goes with cursory teasings. It delights and uplifts you from the darkest corners of your mind. It beckons you to action. To make a plan, to write, to call a friend, to ask for help, to charge out the front door, to choose an adventure. It coaches you with a reassuring handContinue reading “Resolutions”
Accepting the Charges
We are all charged particles. Borrowing energy and jumping between excited states. Excited by our surroundings. Transformed by the tiniest of charges passing around us. The creative mind knows best how to open itself into a state of receiving. To be in a state that allows and evokes change. That excited state of a chargedContinue reading ” Accepting the Charges”
A Captain’s Compass North
The iceberg breaking hull was a master chef’s knife, wasted and gliding deftly through calm, buttery arctic waters. Clouds were pulling themselves apart and winter’s night sky constellations shone torchlights across scattered icebergs safely in the shadowy distance. This polar expedition passed quietly as the crew laid slumber and the captain handed over the night’sContinue reading “A Captain’s Compass North “
Dead On Stats & Datasets
Dead On Stats & Datasets, a playfully paranoid sci-fi, by Paul Carreo Sometimes the truth has set a collision course, ready to knock you on your ass like a box truck. And in the case of Arthur Slate, it was quite literally a box truck that knocked him over his head with an unexpected truth.Continue reading “Dead On Stats & Datasets”
Caught in a peaceful wave function
I think a lot about superpositions. I don’t claim to be a die-hard science geek, but I do flirt with the occasional layperson’s physics books. Carl Sagan, David Grinspoon, Stephen Hawking, Neil to the Dee G T! Superpositions tell me how to understand competing truths, infinite possibilities, and things that just defy logic. There areContinue reading “Caught in a peaceful wave function “
The Haunting of Mr. Query
The Haunting of Mr. Query, a gothic tale by Paul Carreo It was an autumn of lamentations, the day I broke my fell stare from pale rain-blurred windows. My name is Franklin Arthur Query of the House of Query, the last of my line. I was spending my waning days scratching at the bones ofContinue reading “The Haunting of Mr. Query”
Tiny Dormant Treasures
Meditations in your fathers garden You walk the garden and you feel them buried beneath. There’s an energy humming, a vibration of life, something sleeping, something wonderful, waiting in the dirt and the darkness. But waiting for what? The right conditions? The perfect season? Their best chance to be observed and admired by the bestContinue reading “Tiny Dormant Treasures”
