Musings

Tiny Actions Over and Over and Over

How to Save Democracy #01

Remind yourself that you can’t save democracy. Sobering, depressing, I know. But let go of that burden (it’s overwhelming you) and just do one small

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Angela Davis photo by Deana Lawson

Angela Davis

We have to have a kind of optimism. One way or another I’ve been involved in movements from the time I was very, very young,

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The Trickster Within

Using Magic to Manifest the Life of your Dreams I saw a client recently who was struggling with direction in her life. Should she get

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Psychic Vision neon sign photo by Wyron A

What I’ve Been Up To

INT. MY LIVING ROOM – DAY I’m on the couch, mid Zoom call with Ted, a young, hungry producer I used to know, who wanted

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John Lewis documentary Good Trouble

Good Trouble

How lucky were we to have John Lewis in this world, showing up for disadvantaged people everywhere, making “good trouble” in the streets and in

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Illustration by Nikkolas Smith

Showing Up

In case you’ve got protest fatigue, in case you’re questioning the impact this is all having, in case you’re feeling overwhelmed – here’s a growing

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Language of the Unheard

I am writing this in my Santa Monica apartment. Right outside there are sirens blaring, scores of helicopters hovering overhead, two stores across the street

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How to Quarantine

The rain surrounded the cabin … with a whole world of meaning, of secrecy, of rumor. Think of it: all that speech pouring down, selling

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Painting of Greek God Pan

Wild Times

We have crossed a threshold. In just over three months, the virus has spread across the entire world. With confirmed cases in every country –

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