I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

 For Robin Williams. “The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself … More I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

Shadowlands

“Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow. Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said we never see others. Instead we see only aspects of ourselves that fall over them. Shadows. Projections. Our associations. The same way old painters would sit in a tiny dark room and trace the image … More Shadowlands

Invisible Thread

This week I am thinking about the invisible thread that connects all life. I see it as a web of interconnected silken fibers – not visible to the naked eye – but definitely visible to the spirit that inhabits each and every sentient being.  Rock, flower, insect, fruit, tree — my sense is that there … More Invisible Thread