1/20/17 1/20/17

Living A Life You Can Endure

How to contribute to the world while thriving.

7/5/16 7/5/16

Travels

Here at the beach, in this place of liminality, of the meeting between consciousness and unconsciousness, between solid ground and mutable water, I stand on a similar threshold.

5/4/16 5/4/16

The Moon, Not the Finger

8/20/15 8/20/15

Reverie and Engagment

In order to write, I have to almost slam the door on time, to disregard it. But it is always there, panting heavily on the threshold, whining about all that needs to be done.

8/22/14 8/22/14

Boon

2/6/13 2/6/13

Keep Moving:Thoughts on Journaling and Process

The discouragement inherent in practicing art. How keeping a journal can anchor a writing practice.

1/16/13 1/16/13

Brancusi's Egg

A new chapbook of poems from Finishing Line Press suitable for using in the health care setting.

12/20/12 12/20/12

The Art of Medicine in Metaphors

Announcing The Art of Medicine in Metaphors by James Borton.

12/12/12 12/12/12

Love is What Carries You

Living in the absence of the dead. The sweetness that can come with grief.

11/15/12 11/15/12

Inwardness

The value of silence, of modulating communication in an age of connectedness.

1/3/12 1/3/12

Heart Goals

Encountering despair, grief, and envy--with compassion.

10/29/10 10/29/10

Incantations

10/6/10 10/6/10

After a Long Absence

Writing about our demons takes courage, but in the process we become more authentic, able to integrate our suffering into "the joyousness of the unified being."