Blogs
Vacant Lots, Data Voids
What Grows in the Gaps of our Information Landscape Our information landscape has much in common with the physical landscapes we create: there are popular, habitually crowded spots (social media, entertainment, news sites); serene, personal spaces (blogs, journals);...
Before the Well Runs Dry
There’s something cruel about the heat of a high-altitude desert. The air is as thin and sharp as a blade, and the dry sun, which seems impossibly close, bleaches your bones like a cattle skull in an O'Keeffe painting. I experienced this firsthand kicking stones down...
Tipping the Scales
The first band stamped on stage with stony looks on their faces, like they were firemen about to confront a serious blaze. They jerked through their songs with hard, deliberate movements that I had to admit, looked pretty cool. It was the kind of place I would have...
A Time to Every Purpose
Embracing Health in Every Season The coming of winter in the Midwest is foreboding in a way that I haven’t experienced anywhere else. As the skies darken, everything becomes an omen of the cold months to come. Each cat is black, and every mirror seems broken. It...
The Awe Effect: Finding Wonder in Everyday Life
How Embracing Awe Can Transform Our Minds, and is a Missing Piece in Mental Health Care Programs Mosh pits don’t exactly have a reputation for being the friendliest of places. Sure, there are flying elbows, stepped-on toes, and the occasional injury (if it’s not done...
Ghosts in the Machine
The Importance of Human Relationships in Medicine The year is 1870… it is a dark and stormy night in New York, as a young woman is overcome by the spirits swirling around her. We don’t know her name, just that she has been touched by the loss of her mother to cholera...