Do Angry Things

Life doesn’t happen easily. Maybe it seems sensible not to complicate it even further. Lead a simple life, you might think. It’s best. But simplicity does not arrive like a birthday. Often, we cut ourselves off from complications. We might try to keep things simple by...

Hospitality

Something I am used to experiencing as I begin to work with a person is a a shift from something that feels regimented, stiff, or tight; somehow restrictive. There are many ways I could describe what this might suggest is happening. The whole process of getting to...

How Trauma Affects Relationships

Trauma, like a flood, finds its way into any kind of a crack. If something terrible affects a couple, or any group of people, whatever in the past might have been a potential source of conflict will most likely lead to explosive differences. This is why relationships...

Traumatic Dates

The story they tell you about themself will be the alibi for their leaving. I’ve never thought highly of dating as a way of beginning a long-term relationship. Get to know someone by accident or over a long while and the thing might last. But ‘dates’...

Cinedisgust

I went to see Moonage Daydream yesterday. I won’t try and describe what happened then. As usual, whenever something involving Bowie happens I find myself getting into every corner of myself, so much so that it’s clearer than ever how weird, cowed and...