Painting Again—A Wild and Wooly Seascape
It’s been awhile. I traded in my pen for my paintbrush these last few weeks. The new novel I’ve been …
Category Archives: Nature
The Luminous Mindscapes of Shara Hughes
It’s not surprising I’m drawn to these so-called landscapes by Shara Hughes. They remind me of Matthew Wong’s mysterious mindscapes …
Slivers of Reality in a More-Than-Human World
We like to think that we humans, with our five marvelous senses, are in full receipt of what this world …
Other-Worldly Encounters with a Feral Cat
She sauntered into our yard about a month ago, this young orange tabby with a white bib. Her gaze passed …
Capturing the Spirit of Our Kindred Cousins
Sculptor Nichola Theakston works in bronze and ceramics to capture the spirit of creatures found in her native Wales and …
Beauty the Brave, the Exemplary, Bursting Open
What is it about the fragile, fleeting, and flagrant beauty of flowers that can so break a heart? I wrote …
A Deep-Dive Through Time and Space
By now you’ve probably seen the stunning new images from the Webb Space Telescope, which takes us 13 billion years …
Rainy Morning Reveries in Photos
We’ve been blessed with more than usual rainfall on the central coast of California recently. I love the way the …
Satie’s Gnossienne, Forking Paths, and Time’s Ever Presence
Time-travelling—that’s what it feels like when listening to Erik Satie’s Gnossienne. When I close my eyes and let the music …
Multiple Layers of Reality in Film, and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
