Apparel for those who travel
by mind as well as foot.
Tell us this story, goddess daughter of Zeus, beginning at whatever point you will.
- Homer
What’s Your Vibe?
What’s Your Story ?
From The Journal
To My Only Desire
The phrase "come to your senses" is usually offered as a call to reason. But Charles Bukowski's line—"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead"—suggests another truth: a life lived entirely within the bounds of social normalcy, untouched by madness or intensity, risks becoming narrow, muted, and airless.
From the Underworld to the Louvre: A Soliloquy on Pleasure
Aesthetic gluttony may as well be a cardinal sin. The Louvre, like an all-you-can-eat buffet, is simply indigestible in mass quantities. When visiting such places, it helps to have a guide—but sometimes your best guide is your own intuition. Long before entering the palace, I knew exactly what I wanted to see first. Ironically, that choice was conceived in the bowels of the city: the Catacombs.
The Painter and the Emperor — Centaurs of History
If there’s such a thing as a Cubist painting in words, it must be Gertrude Stein’s 1923 poem “If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso.” In it, she draws a strange, playful parallel between her friend Pablo Picasso and Napoleon Bonaparte, a comparison that seems as much a tongue twister as Picasso’s paintings were eye twisters.