New music can satisfy even those among us who harbor suspicions about the power of consumerism to sully mass-market artistic creations. I’m specifically thinking of “This is America” by Childish Gambino/Donald Glover, the video for which exemplifies the intensity of living with eyes so open to self and world that those observing cannot resist being…
Tag: trauma
It is treacherous to envision a better future, when the past remains unrectified.
Tomorrow is the 10 year anniversary of my mother’s death. It was not peaceful. Neglected by a system devoid of mercy, with the vulnerable as prey. Her family instructed not to speak of it. Any plan ever since has been contingent on coming to terms with the unspeakable. I observe the continuing wound with dismay….
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For one of the three bookclubs I’m in, I began reading an autobiography written by a man who has been absolutely shredded in body and soul by a lifetime of intense abuse. He gave fair warning in the prelude, in words that provided no hint that there was peace or hope or reaffirmation waiting at…
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