The Politics of Story If you want to destroy something in this life, be it acne, a blemish or the human soul, all you need to do is to surround it with thick walls. It will dry up inside. — Elif Shafak
Elie Wiesel: I Still Believe in Man
Living With an Open Heart I belong to a generation that has often felt abandoned by God and betrayed by mankind. And yet I believe that we must not give up on either… We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to […]
Habibi by Craig Thompson (Review)
(Warning: Spoilers) This week, I finished reading Habibi, the epic-length graphic novel by writer and artist Craig Thompson. [1] From the Divine Pen fell the first drop of ink. And from the drop, a river… When the land dried up with drought, my parents sold me into marriage. As the lead narrator Dodola explains, the Arabic word habibi […]
Obit: Aaron Swartz
RSS co-developer Aaron Swartz has died aged 26yo. Check out his writing on personal leadership and healthy organizations in the blog series Raw Nerve (available on his website until it’s not.) Last May, Aaron talked to attendees of the Free to Connect conference in DC about his work coordinating resistance to the Stop Online Piracy Act […]
Everything is a Stepping Stone
Everything is a stepping stone, and by staying on the stone that you are on right now, you create the opportunity to step to the next stone. Invalidate any place you are, invalidate any portion of yourself, and there is no stone from which to step. — Darryl Anka
Reading scriptures with a little humility
If you’re in a church service with me (or a non-religious lecture otherwise), you might see me tapping on my phone. It’s not because I’m not paying attention, but because I am: I use a bible app, take digital notes, and if something’s well said, I’ll tweet it immediately. This is a few steps ahead […]