Tag: Paying Attention

  • Daily Walking Ever Closer to We

    Daily Walking Ever Closer to We

    I don’t often discuss spirituality, but I almost always want to. There are a lot of topics I can’t make meaningful contributions towards, and while I am not convinced I have much to add in the realm of spirituality, I am intensely drawn to it. It activates a curiosity in me that at times feels…

  • Silent: Listen by Another Name

    Silent: Listen by Another Name

    I had no way of knowing what awaited us. Unwittingly, with our recent residential move, we traded in a constancy of sound for a sentinel of silence. During our first few days in the new house, I often found myself passing a whole hour within its void. The presence of absence felt pervasive, and my…

  • Playing Catch

    Playing Catch

    Like a pop foul ball that no one tried to catch, his words arced and landed with a quiet thump between them. After a long weekend of working an art show attended by defended and disengaged art viewers, the arrival of an eager and unlikely inquiry felt like medicine for Ken’s beleaguered creative spirit.  “What…