Opiate
The difference between the waking world and the realm of nightmares is that the latter exists as a monochrome— and the absence of colours terrifies and renders everything in the mind as a …
13 Jun
Hockey Night
Hockey Night
He shoots, he scores and— We forget all about melting ice caps and rising sea levels, freak weather, famine and nuclear disasters, and all the horrible things that we should be doing something …
10 Jun
It Takes a Village to Raise an Idiot
It Takes a Village to Raise an Idiot
(The image above is of Don Middleton, former Former Grand Marshall in the Toronto Pride Parade and one of the elder statesmen in our community …
07 Jun
Oracle
Oracle
Choose— to listen— or walk away. These words are not a compass to steer by. They are but the root verbs of a future tense expressed as symbols —and enshrined— in architectural alchemies that shift …
01 Jun
Urban Fresh
Urban Fresh
Are we broken because we don’t fit in to nine-to-five suits? Or is it you who is damaged by accepting that the only way to be is to stuff your body …
30 May
33 1/3 RPM
33 1/3 RPM
If I run in a circle fast enough my head will start to feel lighter and the music will begin to play: not the kind of music you …
24 May
Companion
Companion
Somebody needs a story that will silence the one that is playing on a network of neurons as an endless inescapable loop. It doesn’t have to be better or worse. Only different .
23 May
Wonder
Wonder
What’s a more amazing thing? A universe that arises out of nothing? Or a god’s creation ordered by an intelligence that is vastly superior to ours? When I look around me and think that …
17 May
Let’s Take a Walk
Let’s Take a Walk
Let’s take a walk and listen to the music that wafts out from bars and restaurants. Let’s catch snippets of conversation and wonder what led to the words that we overheard. Let’s follow the …
