Last week, somewhere in the middle of writing my morning pages, starting a yoga routine and consciously taking care of myself, I had a moment of insight that should have been obvious to me before, but wasn’t. This really was “artistic recovery.” […]
On faith
Have you ever thought: Maybe my over-dependence on other people is because I lack a connection with something bigger? Maybe my fears, in part, have to do with not having a sense of security in the overall goodness of the world?It’s hard to talk about God. It’s hard to decide even what to name that something that is bigger than us. Naming it defines our relationship. […]
Why write?
Writing is nebulous. Sometimes, I think of it as an energy that grows or shrinks as I pay more or less attention to it. Sometimes, it feels like a raw nerve that twitches when I touch it. It electrifies my life. And sometimes, it slips out of my hand and falls into the outer world. […]
Creativity and Risk
I haven’t written for what feels like long centuries. It’s actually been a few weeks, interspersed with a visit by family from India and going out of town for my anniversary celebration. And I have been itching to come back and write again. But when I’ve sat down to form words, my mind feels clamped shut. […]
On Self Esteem
“Children don’t belong to us. They are little strangers who arrive in our lives and give us the pleasure and duty of caring for them – but we don’t own them. We help them become who they are.” Gloria Steinem remembers her mother saying this in her wonderful book Revolution from Within. […]
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