When I write, I begin with the assumption that everything is connected to everything else. After all, everything that we are and all that we know began with the Big Bang which happened around 13.8 billion years ago. Not only did it occur. We were part of it. We were all there. At least all […]
Writing is Bridge-Building Read More »
In college, I used to envy students who could draw realistically, who could render apples to look like photographs. After all, when I was a child, art was all about making things look real. Even in my college art classes, my inability to create the illusion of reality hurt me. I put in extra studio
Beyond Realism: How My Art Major Taught Me the Power of Purpose in Writing Read More »
Argh: the pitting of the word “nerd.” The word used to be a haven for bookish outsiders, many of whom had been shunned for being different, an identity I latched onto it at an early age. A shy kid who had been bullied, I did not feel like I could be the things society preferred:
The Invasion of Nerd Island Read More »
I sometimes imagine I have escaped my past. Since moving to Florida from fundamentalist South Carolina, I have been an armchair agnostic. However, on occasion I see something that jolts me back to my childhood. This time it came from Facebook. A relative from South Carolina had posted a photograph of a cute tow-headed toddler, his
Are Atheists Real? Read More »
