The Holy Trinity of Love
Love. That insurmountable beast of burden that philosophers, poets, and polymaths have toiled to categorize. Too often, we are poised to search for it, rather than seeking to bring it into being.
self-love Archive
The Benefits of Expressing Yourself
I recently had the pleasure of hosting an informational event on the campus of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY, discussing the psychological and physical benefits of expression (poetry, art, music, dance, and drama).
Uncertainty as Motivation: The Oneness
A few days ago, I had a really meaningful, intimate, and moving conversation with a few patrons at a local poetry reading. I had performed a piece confronting suicide called “Ribbons,” and it lead to a discussion about the mental …
Love and the Foundations of Motivation
It is a constant modern trend to explain the woeful conditions of the world on the ideas of survival and self-interest. It goes something like this, “if there was no self-interest, no motivation for advancement or profit, nothing would get …
