I’ve heard it said that in New York City it’s all about money and in L.A. it’s all about fame. I think that’s probably true. Still, the hunger for fame is more ravenous than any one city or industry. It pervades the whole of the Western world. We want to be bigger than our neighbor,Continue reading “Fame that brings Joy”
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I want to believe
“I want to overhear passionate arguments about what we are and what we are doing and what we ought to do. I want to feel that art is an utterance made in good faith by one human being to another. I want to believe there are geniuses scheming to astonish the rest of us, justContinue reading “I want to believe”
Thirsty
One of my oldest friends recently shared this short film she helped make a few years back. There could be any number of existential takes on its meaning. It would make a great Public Service Announcement in our drought-stricken state, to be sure. But to me it speaks of a deeper thirst, a bleaker dryness.Continue reading “Thirsty”
An Ethiopian Saturday in L.A.
One thing I’ve noticed—and I’m noticing it a lot lately—whenever I’m in a totally unlikely place where there seems to be no rhyme or reason to me being there, I’m right where God wants me. This morning it meant spending several hours with an Ethiopian Orthodox congregation celebrating their world-wide church anniversary. I was invitedContinue reading “An Ethiopian Saturday in L.A.”
A Poet’s Glance at Random Acts of Kindness
GIFT For a hundred miles the fields have worn beards of ugly stubble and night is falling and you can’t find a lover, not on AM or FM, and the hand at the toll booth wears a glove so as not to touch you. You pay for yourself, then for the car behind you, soContinue reading “A Poet’s Glance at Random Acts of Kindness”
Heather Choate Davis 