The Strange Humor of Haiku- Clark Strand The Japanese word haiku is composed of two characters: HAI (俳), meaning “light or comical,” and KU (句), meaning “verse.” Thus, haiku means literally “humorous verse.” But humor of what kind exactly? The more examples we find of...
Lyme Disease: A Survivor’s Lessons- Katina Makris I recall the exact day my world changed. My young son and I picnicked in our sun-splashed backyard, playing catch and collecting stray balls from the deep fern glade. I still hold this day with a certain reverence, for...
Future Humans- A Conversation on Human Capacity Between Jean Houston and Marianne Williamson JEAN HOUSTON Jean Houston, Ph.D. is an innovative scholar, futurist, and researcher in human capacities, social change, and systemic transformation. She is one of the...
The Grandeur of the Soul- Francis Weller During the Renaissance, when the world still possessed a sense of enchantment, when animals and the dreaming earth spoke and were worthy of our attention, poets and philosophers conjured an image to depict the grandeur of the...
“Let Them Not Say”- A Musical Composition Based on a Poem By Jane Hirshfield Jane Hirshfield’s poem “Let Them Not Say” has become something of an anthem in the environmental movement. For Earth day 2021, the Scottish eco-activist composer...
