There is one bit of commonality between artists (of all types), mystics, and shrinks.  All three groups know that nothing can exist unless it can be imagined and that something imagined can transform the Spirit, whether one's own Spirit, one's patients Spirit, or the Spirit of entire societies.  The engine of the Spirit of the 1960s was the vision ( Read more... )

I used to go on UU church leadership retreats every January.  I had skipped beer and karaoke and was talking to a really cool older guy back at the retreat center concerning life the universe and all that.  I recall that this conversation featured a proposed polyamory service (alas, that one never made it to prime time).  We also talked about ( Read more... )