The tourniquet is an implement that is used to save lives. It is applied to the body near a catastrophic fissure that is causing the person to lose incredible amounts of blood. Without the tourniquet, the person would experience exsanguination, and eventual death, resulting from excessive blood loss, as a consequence of their wound or […]
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You Write Something With Substance If You Don’t Like It
Everyday, most hours, and often into the night, we are surrounded by other people. We are neighbors whose lawns share an invisible, yet, dividing line. We are two panes of glass and eight feet apart as we crawl through traffic. We bump shoulders as I enter a store and you brush past with your […]
The Nesting Persona
You’ve seen them, played with them, been intrigued by them, and put them away. How did you put them away? Did you do so as multiple pieces? Did you do so as a whole? Did you question whether it should be considered many, or parts? Might you, like myself, often try to recall what this […]
Selfishness is Easy
Beyond ourselves, lies mystery. And in this maze, others selves dwell. Each of them, hands and arms extended, feeling their way towards answers. As we meet others we develop connections that help each other move through the labyrinthine challenges of what we consider life. Some connections we make to ease the strife of being […]