I’m incredibly fortunate in ways I’m almost embarrassed to enumerate. I have my struggles too, and I usually talk about those because I think it’s empowering to share—to know we have a common humanity and can overcome the difficulties inherent in being human. But I’m constantly reminded of my fortune by the things I *don’t* have to worry about. Healthcare… Read More

To the students walking out to protest gun violence today: I am with you, young patriots. And I’ll be Marching for Your Lives on the 24th. To the governor of my state who just vetoed a gun licensing bill that passed both the House and Senate and has popular support in the state: shame on you. But the only real… Read More

The most radical thing you can do is eschew the things that society says you must want. Money. Status. Power. Beauty (if you’re a woman). It confuses people; frustrates them. THEM: Don’t you want the Thing? Me: No. THEM: But everyone wants the Thing. Me: The Thing is unimportant to me. THEM: Sure, sure. But how about the Thing Even… Read More

“You must be able to create in the middle of things, or else you will not create. You must learn to take whatever practical and psychological actions are necessary to combat the anticreating forces that surround you and live within you. There is always profound turbulence within or without — that is life — and it is in the middle… Read More