Becoming human
“The call to be an artist is first of all a call to be a full human being.” We sat, six students, a poet and an actor, around the table, reminded that…
When you struggle to settle yourself
I’d been desperate to escape the night-and-day noise of the city outside my window, the pain of metal-on-metal of nearby construction, so I ran last week on wooded trails where I…
Just fill the jars
One day last week I was writing my book. (Okay, I was doing that every day, but that’s not the point here). I was coming up against all the things…