The topic of “lineage” recently came up in conversation—what a lineage is, and what it means to be rooted in one. Though there is much more that could be chewed over about it, I tend to think of lineage as a kind of cultural organism—something...
“I don’t want just talk therapy.” “Talk therapy doesn’t work.” I’ve heard these sentiments more than once—from new clients, as well as from people in broader social circles. It feels, in some ways, like part of the current Zeitgeist. There is a collective zeal for...
That is literally what I am doing in this essay, in my previous essay, and in much of my public work, past and present. Observe the psychedelic movements of my melted caterpillar-self in my transparent cocoon, dreaming the shape of a butterfly in every imaginal...
It is exhilarating to get into Sophie Strand. It’s clear that she reads deeply in a few areas of primary focus (ecology, mythology, biology, and of course, creative literature), but also that she continually sprinkles into the stew (or the compost heap, as she might...