As I sit here watching the world go by, I remind myself that those who sign up to terrorize their fellow human beings suffer from a lifetime of anger, fear, loneliness, and trauma. In this way they’re like the wealthy, powerful bullies whose unconscionable bidding they do. Their outlook is beyond sad. Isolated as they are, seeking security and a sense of belonging in numbers, they epitomize the tragedy of […]
Let’s not rely on teams and committees, congresses and senates, parliaments, houses, and courts. Instead, let’s form choirs for all ages, and from all ethnic backgrounds, and all walks of life. Let’s have a widespread wealth of daily public performances, and broadcast these instead of speeches and news. Let’s remind one another that we’re made not for strife, but for song — indeed, that this grand manifestation we call the […]
I run half a mile more. Sometimes I feel I can run forever. Then I realize I already have, and do, through the mountains, between the stars. I turn a few more pages, tho’ I’ve read all the books, and have been all the characters. And I write a few more words, in this, my present language, Tho’ I’ve already written them all, and said them all, and you’ve read […]
William Michaelian 