I maintain that one of the biggest differentiators among people is curiosity. Some have it. Others do not. Sure, that's oversimplified, overly binary, etc. But I'm often reminded of the accuracy of this one difference in people's wiring. Questions trump answers. A reason editor's note by Barry Boyce (Editor-in-Chief, mindful.org, October 2016) pondered the relationship, benefits, and pitfalls of ...
Questions
Autodidact
Autodidact Allow for awe. Savor enigma. Strive to become more curious. Permit your wonder to metastasize. Pursue your questions' headwaters. Sing solutions. Dance with answers. Remember to swap tunes and partners no matter how fetching, how beguiling. Humility and gratitude will excuse your wanton ways and multifarious conquests. Court riddles and seduce new mysteries. Give yourself permission to ...
Paris by Night
Perhaps we all live in darkness, drawn to the flicker of light emanating from a fading affair, vagrants bumping clumsily, intentionally, hungrily in a Paris night. (Source: "Paris by Night", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) Some poems are conceived of tenderness. Others erupt violently, gasping for air. This turgid fragment from a prose poem called "Paris by Night" is neither tender nor ...