Feb 17, 20185 min read
THE STRANGE MULTIPLICATION OF "DIVISION"
In 2018, it seems weekly we have another report or op-ed hitting home how "America is so divided" and "never been so divided." I read...
Jun 18, 20175 min read
DIMENSION FOUR
I don't like to think of time in the conventional manner. I once read a definition of time as, “a measure of change”. I always liked...
Sep 1, 20164 min read
PHANTASIA?
It was July 29, 2016 when I came across an amazing article written by Carl Zimmer, my favourite science writer. The piece, titled...
Feb 23, 20158 min read
THE SKY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO BLUE
I was recently blessed with an eye exam. I’d never been to an optometrist and thought my vision was fine, but I’ve spent about ten years...
Jul 19, 20133 min read
REFLECTIONS
I think I tend to be a bit of a contrarian and skeptic simply because so much of reality is innately counter-intuitive and our built...
Feb 15, 201312 min read
“WE LIVE IN A VISUAL CULTURE”
There exists a silly cliché that says “we live in a visual culture”. In fact, this is a loosely veiled insult. It’s heard mostly in...
Jan 24, 20137 min read
VISUALIZATION
So there’s this thing: this nagging confusion I have that has been with me for as long as I can recall. The first time this confusion...
Dec 8, 201221 min read
TOWARD AN OLD CONSCIOUSNESS
I was recently given a report called Toward a New Consciousness: Values to Sustain Human and Natural Communities. The work was produced...
Aug 16, 20122 min read
OPTIMISM vs POSITIVITY
People sometimes ask if I think of myself as an optimistic person or as a pessimistic one. To be honest, I don’t think of myself either...
Apr 2, 201112 min read
DISAGREEING WITH FEMINIST JOURNALISTS or HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE
In the April 1st edition of Victoria’s Times Colonist, Jody Paterson wrote an article about a horrific sexual assault that took place in...