Someone sent me this question on Formspring last week. I chose to post my response here, first because I’m not sure anyone really reads my responses on Formspring, and second because I wanted my thoughts on this documented, if only to remind me of what a difference a few years makes.
When was the last time [...]
Author Archives: kris
On mending
03.10.10 –
We’re moving . . . We’re moving
03.08.10 –
We’re all trying to be healthier. I know this is the standard New Year’s resolution, but I sense that the global commitment to improvement is more serious this year, that there’s recognition that we need to do something if we’re going to live long enough to die at the hands of robots. I am convinced [...]
On missing
03.06.10 –
It’s odd, this. Unwavering yet intermittent. It comes, goes, grips at once like a flu and at another moment, unremarkable. Symptoms are scattered, inconsistent. There are patches of day in which the void is so whole, so pronounced, distinct, yet life happens just as it has, to do task lists tallied and Blockbuster DVDs returned. [...]