Arguing that a good proportion of our psychology is hard-wired to be adaptive in a village environment, the author suggests that creating a virtual environment such as our ancestors inhabited and acting out present dilemmas there can be a useful tool towards better emotional health.
Archives for 2012
Haunted
When I came upon this tree awhile back, I couldn’t help but stop and take a few pictures of it. With its bare limbs raised in the air, and almost everything around it dead as well, it’s the perfect image of our repetitive, habit driven minds. Chinese Zen Master Sengcan, in his great dharma poem […]
Minute to Freedom #68: Frozen Ego
For many adult children of alcoholics, the traumatic events of their youth interrupt their growth process – leaving them dealing with life as small children.
How To Survive A Long Distance Relationship
The world is an open garden, with long distance love on the rise. While LDR’s are known to be very difficult, we live in a time when technology can make any distance feel a little bit smaller.
My Role Models
As I developed my creativity, I thought it was appropriate to have role models – persons with qualities I wanted to develop as I went through life.
fun. Is More Than a Hot Summer Day!
When fun. came to Portland, Guest Author Brynn Alexander had the awesome opportunity of seeing them at a small, secret show!
Welcome To …..
Nick Earls, an Australian author, recently released his latest collection of stories in Welcome to Normal. Normal being a town in Illinois. As a writer it’s attractive to use unusual names as an attention grabber. I started to think about all the quirky, weird and wonderful town names we have in Australia and how I […]
Mudstones
Unhung pictures leaning against an oak armoire. Family photographs set under glass. Hand-painted jugs. Tiffany lamps. Faded blue-washed walls. In this house lived three daughters and one son, a other, and a father.
Yet Another Pitfall of Multi-POV Stories
In this video, K.M. Weiland discusses the problem of POVs taking up too much space with too few plot points.
You’re Too Young to be Here: The Grey Army
Author Greg Martin shares his raw emotional and physical experience with prostate cancer, the early realizations and realities of the disease and his journey forward.
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