The Complexity of Simple
It's the first week of the new year, and many of us are pausing to look back over our shoulders at where we've been the last twelve months and then turning to survey the path before us, at least as much of the path as we can see. The Internet is awash with lists of...
Discovering Character
Character: The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual; a person in a novel, play or movie. I'm fascinated with the places between. All the places between. Threshold places. Edge-of-chaos places. Here-there-be-dragons places off the edges of maps. It's...
Yule: The Fool’s Journey
Yule, the winter solstice, is upon us once again. This year, here in the deeps of darkness, I'm thinking about The Fool's journey. The Fool is an archetype, a recurrent symbol in mythology, folklore and story. Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk is a Fool. The Fool shows...