- Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
- Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
- Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice
- The Mind of Sound – W.A. Mathieu’s Reflections on the Musical Life
A beautifully poetic exploration of all the different manifestations of music in the world and the ways in which they can be engaged and absorbed.
- On Falling in Love – James Baldwin
For activist and writer James Baldwin, falling in love was, 'Not merely the key to my life, but to life itself.' In this excerpt he talks about falling in love, a powerful event that shaped him and how he interacted with the world.