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January 2026

January 02, 2026

Partnering Up in 2026

We have to work together. The system of exploitative capitalism, the "1%" that runs the...

January 07, 2025

Communication: A Sigil for 2025

In a time when so many are deliberately cutting off communication -- calling for their...

January 02, 2023

Assemble: A Sigil for 2023

American society is dis-integrating, becoming disconnected. That's killing people. It's urgent that we find ways...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

Artistic Opinions Aren’t Religious Virtues

I am fairly certain that, should my life ever be judged by the gods, these...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Yule Movies: Returning from the Darkness

So as we find ourselves in a darker Yule than usual, remember that you have...

December 10, 2020

Crappy Holidays!

This Yuletide season is looking bleak. So what can we do when things suck?

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Go Forth And Re-enchant The World

I know people who call themselves or are initiated as witches and wizards and magicians...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Grid And Growth (52 Make-Up, Part 4)

This image brings to mind the way in which the solid, rational, straight-line world supports...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Broken and Golden (52 Make-Up, Week 3)

There is no avoiding the breaking, the cracking, the flaws. But it is up to...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Finding: A 2020 Sigil

As I considered what I need for this coming year, and what I think we...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

Everything Is Broken (So Let’s Fix It)

Even the tools to fix the broken things were broken. But if you write about...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Doctor Who: Continuity and Gender Politics

But we fans of long-running franchises also value internal consistency, a.k.a. continuity. Of course no...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

Kyoto: The Ancestors Are Watching (Photo, 52 Make-up Week 18)

Catching up with posting the pieces from the 52 Make-Up Challenge. This entry and the...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

“Ka-Bloom!” (Photograph, “52 Make-Up” Week 15)

When you really stop and take a close look at things, sometimes you see cool...

April 16, 2017

“Light Breaks Through” (Painting, “52 Make-Up” Week 14)

In creating this piece I used an approach similar to what I use when improvising...

March 2017

March 13, 2017

“Blue And Gold” (Digital Art, “52 Makeup” Week 10)

By controlling focus and illumination -- and aren't those very words suggestive -- photography can...

March 12, 2017

“Sarasvati” (Song, “52 Makeup” Week 9)

This is the first time I've written anything along the lines of a chant or...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Refracted Mantel Light (Digital Photo, “52 Makeup” Week 7)

One of the keys to creativity is learning to see everyday, ordinary things in a...

February 08, 2017

Shadow 1 (Digital Photo, “52 Makeup” Week 5)

Photography sent my father to Vietnam. He was the photographer for his high school newspaper....

February 01, 2017

Playing With Paint (Acrylic & Watercolor, “52 Makeup” Week 4)

While I'm far from "perfect", whatever I do is as natural as starshine or a...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

“Metal and Velvet” (Digital Art, “52 Makeup” Week 3)

This started as such a photo, a few objects from the "Metal and Wire -...

January 08, 2017

“This Present Moment Sucks” (A Song – Week 1 of “52 Makeup”)

And that sounded pretty good when you meditated But when you're blissing out, you never...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

Random Wednesday: Solstice Candles, Family Dinners, and 52 Weeks of Creativity

Welcome to the last Random Wednesday of the year. Farewell 2016, don't let the door...

December 08, 2016

Dive Bars and the Ghost Ship Fire

To deal with social problems of all sorts, we need collaborative harm reduction policies, not...

November 2016

November 03, 2016

Won’t Get Fooled Again: Magic, Imagination, and Political-Artistic Liberation

Every bit of progress begins with an act of Imagination. Before slaves can fight for...

October 2016

October 09, 2016

The Burners and The Pagans

Do we perhaps see some parallel evolution here with Pagan festivals? Could a Pagan event...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Why Batman v. Superman Matters

Batman and Superman matter, because the tales of the superheroes are our modern myths. By...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

Fun a Day Wrapup: Artistic Budding At Imbolc

That phrase lodged in my brain, and made me think about how it may be...

January 2016

January 24, 2016

Fun a Day: “You’re the only one who can be you”

it doesn't reflect what you saw the man in the orange coat waiting at the...

January 13, 2016

David Bowie: One Wave Sets Thousands In Motion

I never knew David Bowie, was not even a devoted fan, and didn't really have...