Monthly Archives: December 2015

Barry’s Blog # 155: The Modesty Doctrine, Part One of Two

I first posted this essay in December 2015. But in February 2018, after a national uproar over allegations of sexual harassment and rape by dozens of powerful men, it seems even more relevant, and I have greatly expanded it. What … Continue reading

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Barry’s Blog # 154: Creative Etymology for a World Gone Mad, Part Two of Three

Part of the work of bringing soul back into the world is learning to address each other with beautiful, complex, multi-faceted, nuanced (slight difference, shade of color, mist, vapor, cloud) language (tongue; Spanish: lengua), and to know how our words … Continue reading

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Barry’s Blog # 153: Creative Etymology for a World Gone Mad, Part One of Three

Call the world… “The vale of Soul-making.” – John Keats To be born is to be weighed down with strange gifts of the soul, with enigmas and an inextinguishable sense of exile.  – Ben Okri Remember, and failing that, invent. … Continue reading

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