Thoughts and Happenings

Articles, essays, diatribes and polemics. Here's where I gather my wandering thoughts and capture the state of my fevered imagination in words. Little bugs trapped in digital amber ready to broadcast my enigmatic being to the ages. Or, you could just call it a blog, I suppose. Do we still call them that, darling?
  • A lush rose garden with a gravel path through the middle, decorated with trellis supporting bounteous roses inviting the viewer to imagine a gentle, fragrant stroll

    Who Gets to Dream

    Imagination may generally be conceived of as individual, but is it perhaps more social than we realize, or are allowed to realize?
  • A sultry, shirtless man in sleeveless vest and sporting a lot of ink, sits suggestively in the back of pickup truck.

    Even the Orchestra is Beautiful

    We’re always awash—drowning, even—in gendered ideas of beauty, restrictive notions of what is beautiful, what’s allowed to be beautiful, who’s allowed to be beautiful. And then, what happens when one is considered beautiful?
  • handsome man with determined expression walks through smoldering wreckage

    Join the Rebel Alliance

    I’m amazed at all the lovely stuff that’s been available on the various streaming platforms over the last decade or so. Not sure I’d call it a golden age of television, but it’s been quite a ride. My fear, however, is that it might be coming to an end. And that it will end with a whimper more than a bang.
  • moody forest scene with large trees, mossy rocks, thick vegetation and a dim, golden light peeking through the branches

    Plant more trees

    Many seek online spaces of safety. But that doesn't serve the profits of capitalism or bow to fascism, so the open internet, now all but totally coopted, will just not do.
  • cover of a literary magazine called the Evolving Gaze superimposed on two paintings of nude males

    The Evolving Gaze

    In The Evolving Gaze, the featured authors and artists share raw first-hand experiences and bring a broad spectrum of perspectives to the forefront, challenging traditional notions of masculinity.
  • close up assemblage of painting and inking implements setting on a blank piece of white paper and decorated with a delicate pink bunch of flowers

    Building Worlds Fast and Slow

    Something easy to cleanup would mean easy to disappear. In a way, it would be like erasing me along with the mess. I want to say I was here and left this work, this world, this vision.
  • the carina nebula as captured by the James Webb Telescope. Fluffy pink and brown clouds of gas wandering over a deep blue background of space sprinkled with little stars

    Alone in this dark forest?

    A literary fact vs. fiction shot-and-chaser to read on leisurely evenings while contemplating the stars.
  • painting of delicate pink camelia blossoms graced with moonlight against a dark and mysterious background

    Signs of Intelligent Life

    A reporter’s journey into a world that we interact with (and depend on) every day but rarely notice. At least not the whole story.