Don’t think about why you question, simply don’t stop questioning. Don’t worry about what you can’t answer, and don’t try to explain what you can’t know. Curiosity is its own reason. Aren’t you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure behind reality…

Has it Been There All Along? — I look at myself in a mirror, leaning in to see who is staring back. Over time it becomes unbearable. I look away but everywhere I turn is another mirror, another set of eyes scrutinizing me. I am nothing without my mirrors. They collect me and I collect them. I…

What Prevents Me From Falling into Despair — From the news: Millions of acres of Roundup saturated soil that has loaded our food with toxins and leached out the good medicine that naturally occurs inside plants when they are grown in proper, non-chemicalized conditions. …

As Someone Much Wiser Than I Said, America is in the Heart — I have pledged my allegiance to my country thousands of times as a child mostly in a mindless mumbling of memorized mumbo jumbo that was the mandatory exercise every morning in my governmentally funded school. The tradition was passed down to us over the past hundred thirty years or so…

A Semi-Creator’s Battle with Creativity — Why am I not Laurie Anderson? I asked myself that question after listening to her talk in a video recently and something rose up, stirred up on the inside, like the beginning, sputtering flow of water after priming a pump. This usually happens whenever I listen to any creator talk…

How do you measure your progression through life? What constitutes moving forward or backward? Or getting stuck in a ditch? Can you tell the difference? Is forward momentum created by simply making changes big or small, not settling for the same old, same old? Is that how you make certain…

Jacob Collier, Mad Musician, Bringer of Divinity into the World — I don’t know how else to say this. Words, Music, Art are EVERYTHING. You hear me? EVERYTHING. They are somehow the conduit to the universe. To joy. An unfettered pipeline to paradise. You hear me? I don’t know what other words I can use to express this. You can jump…

More Than Asian or American, the Hyphen Defines Me — I was suddenly put in my place by a random stranger when he said to me, “Hey you stupid Jap.” This was my first time hearing this particular ethnic slur and it cut. I was walking on a college campus with a friend as we headed to the parking lot…