Walking in the woods, I come upon a ghastly tableaux of disembowled, hideously mutilated animals stitched to the trees and to each other. The key feature is the prodigious variety of the methods used to confine and deform these defenseless beings. There is eerie Celtic music banging in my head and my heart is pounding in my chest […]

I’m traveling in the entourage of a well-known and charismatic philosopher. We’re in a large, outdoor area, participating in a public conference attended by many. It’s a momentous occasion and there is a feeling of sprawling openness and extension. The philosopher is a powerful and transformative figure and I am his peer. The closer I […]