Storyboard: Feminist
How can a word with so many loaded meanings be applied to an object or a piece of art? Does it matter?
Storyboard: Lunch!
A reverie on loneliness, hunger, appetite and the magic of making your own sandwich.
Storyboard: Pilgrimage
A quest for obscure and legendary treasure winds through mountain passes and monkey-guarded temples.
Storyboard: Plant Life
Scoop the dirt in your hand and think about how hard it is to find dirt when you need it, about the clumsiness of roots.
Storyboard: The River
The last trout was seen the year my father was born; you might be able to write a poem about the things you find in the river now, or a concept album.
Storyboard: Cat Lady
Dedicated to the species that inspires the normally hardhearted to sing sappy doo-wop songs about kittens.
Storyboard: Matters of the Heart
Maybe it’s too easy to have such a flexible word that encompasses so much. Is there anything that can’t be a metaphor for love?
Storyboard: Explosions in the Sky
She wasn’t particularly consumed with fire. She didn’t dream of sparks. She was enamored of loving something, only to destroy it.
Storyboard: New Skin
Slough off the papery bruises of the previous year and emerge tender, anew.
The Gift of Possibility
These are the gifts that will wait for her to tinker and try. They’ll be here when she’s ready.
Gift Guide for the Broken Ones
Gifts for the hopelessly angry, for the malcontent, for hearts with bills to pay.
Gifts for Aliens and Other Astral Creatures
A gift guide for those who will someday seek meaning in our dust.
Storyboard: Ill-Fated Expeditions
Out here, in the silence, you are actually as alone as you feel.
Storyboard: High School
Let’s drive far away from here: away from being too young to write good poetry, away from this guilty, secret wish to be really, really pretty.
Storyboard: Near-Death Experience
Life is a series of disasters that don’t kill us, missed punchlines in a long practical joke.
