Category: Strange and Unyielding
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Thinking Out Loud
I’m always hesitant to write when I’m in a state of high emotion. It’s not that I won’t be passionate here – I certainly have been before. It’s just that when I’m in a state of mind that isn’t quantifiable, other than perhaps melancholy, I tend to draw a screen between myself and the world,…
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A Strange Unyielding Place: Part 1
This is the first in a series of essays I plan to write, which will eventually be collected, along with past work, into a book. I crumple inward on myself. It’s more than a mental retreat, I find my muscles ache with the effort of drawing my shoulders down and in. The autonomous system…