Author Archives: zoeticseeker

She is thirteen years old. She is in great emotional pain. Her small frame shakes under its weight. She walks up to each of the adults who are lined up waiting for her. She cannot contain her tears; her face is twisted with contortions of grief. As she moves from person to person, each ofContinue reading “where comfort lies”

Agnes Martin, one of my long-time favorite artists, spoke about inspiration in the following way: “The best things in life happen to you when you are alone. You know, all of the revelations. Every day for twenty years, I’ve been saying ‘What am I going to do next?’ That’s how I ask for an inspiration. I don’tContinue reading “the purity of inspiration, the impurity of self as filter”

In the middle of the night, there are thoughts. Thoughts that are completely my own. They wake me up and keep me awake. They circle around and manifest into new thoughts and bigger problems until they make my heart race. Sometimes I lay there listening to my heart and wishing it would just shut upContinue reading “finding your thoughts in the onslaught of information”

The other day I got to thinking about humors. Not haha humor, but the four humors that became the underpinning of Greek and Roman medicine.. and then continued to dominate Western beliefs about the human body and sickness for 2,000 years. In short, the theory was that when a person was healthy, his four humorsContinue reading “sense of humor, sense of balance”

Sure, there could be other themes for tomorrow… but January 1st is one of those obvious days wherein I must bow to the dominant. New Year’s resolutions are much hyped, but in reality, little made. I find many people resent the idea of resolutions and vow that their resolution this year is “not to makeContinue reading “reminders as resolutions”

Another 65 lister!! It’s been a while and this is long overdue. No real introduction necessary here. Title says it all. 1. What would you like to be called?2. Are you omnipotent and all-knowing or, as Norman Mailer suggests in In God, a being in process and evolving along with humanity?3. Why this planet?4. Which religion,Continue reading “65 things to ask God if She exists”

I’m no astronomer. I don’t really understand the expansion of the universe. In discovering the law of gravity, Newton uncovered the fact that all objects in the universe are attractive, each pulling at and towards each other. For the universe to be ever-expanding, then, seems quite a paradox. What, then, is it expanding into? Well,Continue reading “expansion”

In the classic film remake of Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxanne, Chris gets himself into trouble with his paramour, Roxanne, when he mishears — and thereby misstates — the whispers from C.D. who is hiding in the bushes behind him, feeding him his lines. “So why did you say those things,” Roxanne asks from her open windowContinue reading “worms, Roxanne, worms!”

PART II of Missing Pieces: Modern-day fables Once upon a time, there was a sound that came from people’s hearts when they were nervous, anxious, insecure, or afraid. It was called your boom-boom because it sounded like an amplified drum beat emanating from a person’s left breast. You could be sitting in the audience at theContinue reading “the missing sound”

PART I of Missing Pieces: Modern-day fables Once upon a time, there was a color named luma. It had the radiance of the fiery orange in a sunset. It had the richness of slick green leaves wet with misty rain. When too much sunlight blazed down upon the earth, luma-colored objects would blush like the paleContinue reading “the missing color”