If you cut off a spider’s leg, it’s crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a starfish’s leg it grows a new one, and the old leg…
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ZEN POEMS: Meditation, mindfulness, realization and freedom
I am not you / and you are not me / and I needn’t go / through you / to find myself…
BECOMING A POET: The magic of word art
In college I never understood poetry. Certain distant acquaintances walked around in what appeared to be some sort of haze. People spoke of them, with awe, as poets. I didn’t grasp their poetry…
THE CARING CONTINUUM: When we care for others, we are cared for
I will never give money to a beggar.” Sound familiar? Those are words I have lived by for years. I will buy food, medication, pay for a…
MY LOVER’S LOVE: Love yourself as you would your Creator
Perhaps the single most wonderful experience, which this lifetime can afford us, is the opportunity to fall in Love…
TO DANCE FOR NO REASON: Why do we dance and who are we dancing for?
Sometimes when I walk down the street I suddenly get the urge to throw my arms wide and do a jig to the day and all that is. There is no music around, I do not have my ears plugged into an iPod. There’s simply a sudden need to give expression to some primal urge—something [...]
PHOTOS by Eleanor Leonne Bennett
A selection of photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett, a 15 year old award-winning photographer and artist who has won first place with National Geographic…
WHAT CHOICE?: How men affect women’s rights in the abortion debate
There’s something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill…
PRACTICE CREATIVITY: How to make creativity part of your routine
Leaders know that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of their organization. So, the mission of every leader should be to search continually…
THE CAT’S MEOW: Cruelty to animals and animal revenge
I liked Jimmy – nobody else did. Not my friends, parents, roommates, and not Zeus. Zeus was a four year old Siamese with attitude and I belonged to him…
YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers
As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band…
RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE: Profile of the collective and their art
The sight of a hand may seem to be one-dimensional on the surface—something not worth registering in the grand vision of reality, except to know whether …
THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…
DECENTRALIZED DANCE PARTY: Putting public space to proper use
“It’s such a good vibration. It’s such a swee-eet sensation,” erupts from 100 plus boomboxes, engulfing me in a 360° field of crackly lo-fi sound. I’m one of three…
A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So
We have put together this dynamic anthology of poetry and prose expressing the profound love of Tom McFerran for his wife, Pauline who died …
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