France

24……TwentyFOUR

“It is clear that much of humanity is suffering and that I am the cause of some of that suffering, what can I do to help relieve it instead?” The sweet wrinkled face of the woman across from me smiled and quickly answered in Vietnamese “Become a nun.” The alarm went off very early theContinue reading “24……TwentyFOUR”

23 …… TwentyTHREE

Returning home from school one afternoon I informed my mother that I was, from that moment on, going to be Jewish. Careful thought was given to choosing a menorah and plans to start learning Hebrew; I was eleven. My mother identified with my longing for spiritual community and decided to take the journey with me. Continue reading “23 …… TwentyTHREE”

16 …. SIXTEEN

Pablo Picasso fell in love six times… at least. A Russian ballerina, a photographer, a popular studio model… wildly chasing a muse from woman to woman and leaving depression, suicide, loneliness in his wake. Personal strife has been accepted historically as the price a muse must pay in order to inspire a great artist,Continue reading “16 …. SIXTEEN”