The Duty to Learn to Live, to Be the Most You Can. It Takes Time.

«No hemos aprendido a vivir… No tenemos el arte de vivir. Tenemos mucha técnica y muy poca sabiduría.»

“We haven’t learned to live… We don’t have the art of living. We have lots of technology, but very little knowledge.”

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Sampedro

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Roy McMakin’s Love & Loss (Detail)

Border Golem

A lone golem guarding El Paso’s desolate downtown after dark.

A Foreclosed Doll’s House

Contextual Blessings

In some places (Abilene, TX), Starbucks is a blessing.

Photo from the trendy part of Abilene.

Worm Hole

You’d think this door leads to a restaurant in Little Rock called Loca Luna, but it’s actually a worm hole to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, circa 1985.

Adventure in Memphis

Pozole Studies

This summer, as I’m rewriting my thesis play, Ramses contra los monstruos: salmos, I’ll learn how to make pozole. Here’s step one.