ideas in the air

21Jul12

merkabah Merkabah means chariot. Any wheeled, winged thing like a car, throne, spinning geometric temple or basic-bio human body, it’s what takes us place to place. That little ringed thingy image above is a mystical merkabah fresco found in the St. John the Baptist Church in Macedonia. Anything can be a merkabah. In particular this month, […]

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Clarimonde Project: Fragrant GstaadGzadzillionaire Girls + Their Worshipping Menfolk

01Nov11

The ground flowed backward beneath us in a long streaked line of pale gray, (Gadzooks! Let’s Go! How we love invitations to be literary-ish and sexy.) (Note to Self: If you do indeed follow Gretel, the White Rabbit or Aslan, be sure to leave a trail of breadcrumbs…) The end of October 2011. NYC. Dear […]

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9 summer lives, trips + wishes: somebody, nobody, somebody came

24Jun11

When I was about 6 my mother gave me a book called “Somebody Came.” Supposedly a gift from my Grandfather, who had passed away 4 years prior, I took it like a gift from beyond, as it was a lushly illustrated story of a little girl and her Grandfather, the keeper of a bright green […]

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In The Hands of a New York City Woman: Top 8 Musts.

09Nov10

Hand to Mouth. Mouth to Hand. Mouth to Universe. Universe to Hand. Hello! While Mars Candy Man was out hunting, Venus Wildcrafting Woman was gathering. Man hungrily lurching out for his needs, high on sugars, waving a spear and a prayer while his woman was wiggling her conjuring fingers aligning with the forces of Natura, […]

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