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"Did you eat?"
Of all the expressions of love, this is the line I heard most growing up. I grew up surrounded by matriarchs who put their whole souls into caring for their families, especially through their bellies. If food is medicine, these women were our doctors, regularly preparing delicious, fortifying meals and
Anoint yourself with good oil
In an entropic universe You exist Bring ceremony To your being Lavish care On the part of creation That is temporarily yours Honour your skin With sensual caress So that your hands may be practiced For countless other creations Human and not Animate and not Creation bowing to creation Like
Cigarettes and Ceremonies
A surprising feature of my time in Bali is my smoking habit. I grew up in a household that adamantly rejects smoking, of any kind, and witnessed the pressures that surrounded my grandfather's smoking habits. I remember watching my Avo flawlessly roll skin-thin papers around slivers of amber
What kind of uncle
I was in Mexico when my sister announced to the family that she was pregnant with her first child and in Indonesia when she delivered. Our parents become grandparents, the siblings become uncles and aunts, and the family dog lost his position as the apple of everyone's eye.
My syllabus for doing "the work"
It is said that people are only able to meet you at the depth they’ve met themselves. Another way - they are only going to the depth to which they are doing "the work". But “the work” is such a broad term that probably leaves many confused.
I want to become you
Not long ago, I was asked to emcee the weddings of two couples close to me, and both times my friends who heard about the invitations laughed and laughed.. and laughed. Jokes of evaporating holy water aside, I was the wedding industry’s most “committed” detractor and not intuitively a
There's no going back
When I left Canada last year, in the midst of personal burnout and uncertainty about the progression of the handling of the pandemic, I thought I was going to the beaches of Costa Rica for two, maybe three months. I packed 30 lbs of beachwear and a yoga mat, saying
Sabbaticals and the rule of 7
I'm not a professor and taking extended time off from working life seemed like an absurdity at-first. Now, a few months into it, I’m convinced that all of us need to introduce sabbaticals into our lives. At this point, most people feel like they need a break
