Archive for August, 2009

The Historicity of Dreaming

Friday, August 21st, 2009

That dreams have been influential in many pivotal episodes in history is accepted as fact in some circles; in other circles it is considered nonsense. Yet for anyone bothering to dig into the archives, it becomes indisputable that many important figures over time and across disciplines have been guided by their nighttime dreams—and have changed [...]

On Spiders, Painting, and the Power of Story

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Saturday I spent a few hours prepping my hallway for painting. The color had been chosen over a year ago, the paint bought back in December, but for some reason I had not yet gotten around to the project.
It is a small T-shaped hallway, no bigger than a closet really, with a total of four [...]