When the sacred returns through story

On metamodernism, theopoetics, and the quiet reconfiguration of meaning We live in an age increasingly suspicious of the sacred and yet strangely haunted by its absence. Not because the sacred has disappeared, but because our ways of perceiving it have thinned. The...
Why I Write Again: Thresholds, Silence, and Return

Why I Write Again: Thresholds, Silence, and Return

There was a time recently when this space fell quiet — not for lack of thought, but for lack of confidence about thought itself, and where it should go if it were to go anywhere. Rubem Alves’ gentle rebuttal to Descartes, ‘Where I think, there am I not,’ perhaps...
Symmetrical Asymmetry

Symmetrical Asymmetry

Symmetrical Asymmetry Hi Everyone, Welcome back to this virtual alcove. It’s been a while between posts but posting comments merely for the sake of posting comments has never sat comfortably with me. In starting, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to...
Discovering the Song Within

Discovering the Song Within

Discovering the Song Within Artwork by Sean Holt Hello there. I am thrilled to welcome you to this alcove of the cosmos. So, why does the bird sing? Anthony De Mello’s question – a whisper from his anthology of Zen-like stories, The Song of the Bird, forms the very...