psychology

  • Watching David Lynch’s first film, Eraserhead, in a 1980s vintage West Los Angeles theatre was a paradigm shifter. For a twenty-something from the rural American South, a heightened sense of boundless creativity soaked into me in that threadbare movie house and changed my newly acquired urban trajectory. Lynch’s connection with the fecund space of infinity

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  • Looking back on 2024, one of my dreams came true; it was a colossal one for me. I’d been incubating a dream that emerged when I was six years old. In my twenties it had come to fruition, then been overtaken by my soul’s desire to become a mother. Over this past summer the vision

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  • just us

    the further along i get in my own story i realize i am less and less the author.

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  • What does time and the ancient elemental nature of life have to offer contemporary storytelling?

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  • This year with the ghoulish holiday’s arrival, I spent several hours talking to a male friend about the libidinal shadow side of our lives. He was quizzing me about the complexities of the feminine and I was enthralled to be in the company of masculine loquaciousness at its most transparent. Nearing dusk, I feel a

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  • The work of writing is only the beginning of a book’s journey. Around 2010 I started a transgressive writing class that enforced and enhanced my penchant for libidinal transparency. Since we met every week we had a chance to get to know the work of the people attending the group. The very act of bringing

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  • On Catching the Ephemeral with the “I”. As a writer I constantly get prompts from the exterior world that it might be worth my while to take my creative output seriously. I should keep notes, I hear from my muse. If I go for a walk, say, along the base of a mountain like last

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  • Is it possible to reach libidinal authenticity and what role do stories play in the journey?

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