Cafés and a Conversation with Myself. Sitting in the Fehrenbacher Hof café in Portland today, typing on my laptop, gives me feelings of, all at once: freedom, happy singularity, and communion…
Category: Imagination
REINVENTING YOURSELF
Lately I have been thinking about reinvention. A few acquaintances have used the word in describing my recent life transition.
What does reinvention mean really? And what does it mean for someone like me—or you perhaps?
GENETIC MEMORY AND IMAGINATION
I have been reading about genetic memory, and pondering how it connects to writing, everyday choices and lifelong yearnings.
Genetic memory refers to how the experiences of our ancestors are embedded physically within us, and continue to affect us daily. The idea is that the experiences of fourteen or more past generations, or perhaps ancestors who lived as many as 1,000 years ago, make up what we know and feel.
Do we still grieve and react and process our lives through the lens of these ancestors’ experiences? …
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