Finneus Gage
"Don't tell Marya. Don't stop smiling. Don't stop…" "Mommy, what does it say?" From above, her eyes seemed enlarged, as if every aspect of her body was a frame for those twin living portraits. There was a simple trust which could convict. It was like lying to a...
πέτραἰχώρ (Greek): Earthy Scent of First Rain
Petrichor is a combination of two Greek terms, one of which is simply bad-ass. πέτρα petra (stone) and ἰχώρ īchōr (the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods). It's hard to explain why this image is so compelling. I get a kick out of words that describe things so...
گویا (Urdu): As Though It Were
Stories are at the core of our being. They move us more than facts and logic ever will. Goya is at the core of why stories are more than words, and why they live in our minds and bodies in ways few other things can. گویا (Urdu): As If or As Though It Were" For a more...
Megan Landry: Socio-political Trilogy
Megan Landry continues to create musical masterpieces. Her 2015 release, Stills, was many things, but above all, it was impressive. In an era of single-driven, hit-or-miss albums with ample filler tracks, Megan Landry clearly puts exquisite effort and detail into...
The Parable of the Bird Pt. 3: The Sky
Soon his perspective swelled to completely encompass the edges of The Mountain. He now saw it was framed with hundreds, if not thousands of small lines, intersecting, crashing at odd angles in every direction for miles and miles. He could only vaguely remember the...
The Parable of the Bird Pt. 2: The Bird
Then one day a bird came along. Except the bird was a woman? She spoke as one. She told of how she had also ascended a mountain once and had made many trips back down to bring Others with her. Until the day she started flying. Many listened with wonder and awe at her...