Conventional thinking, part 1

I recall a (really smart) friend of mine saying, many years ago,
Another life

Advertising. Social media. Entertainment and other distractions.
Conversion
For many, the words leave a negative taste in the mouth:
The fierce urgency of now

At the March on Washington in 1963,
Artists

The writer Elizabeth Gilbert reminds us that we are all descendants of makers:
Break a leg

The beauty and danger of the internet are that everything is there.
The stories we tell, part 2

The stories we tell have the power …
The stories we tell, part 1

The author, Anaïs Nin, wrote that …
A welcome place

Even though solitude is an inherently value-neutral word, many in western cultures would think of it negatively.
Possession and care

In her groundbreaking (no pun intended) book,