I got it all wrong!
A week ago I created this collage. It was how I felt at the time, having just celebrated a major birthday, a round number. I was still recovering from the realization that my years are numbered. I took stock and found that so many things that used to matter no longer do so. But now, a week later, I realized that it’s not a matter of searching for something else that matters, rather accepting that, with age, so many things that used to matter no longer do so. And that itsel
Divining via Newspaper Headlines
In the same way people consult Tarot Cards or the I Ching, I consult newspaper headlines. How? I cut words out of headlines and keep them in a box. Then, when something is eating away at me, I take a handful of words and spread them out on the table. The first words I notice are those that relate to my fears. Death, accident, difficulties. Then I start noticing phrases, many relating to the current circumstances of my life. I keep moving words around, waiting for unusual
