January 2020; A story is tested.

. . . . ; "The Yellow Spots"

Are writers responsible or accountable for what they write? What about readers for what we interpret? How a writer's use of narration can create irony.

Brick against the wall; I leave a degree of comfort.

I remember Ladakh; legacies built upon the past.

  A discussion of our urge to simplify our thinking and reading, including its impact of misinterpretation and loss of compassion.

A reading of "L'Art" by Theophile Gautier; translation by George Santayana.

The poem "L'art" by Theophile Gautier. In 35 years, what have I forged?

I sort through the detritus of my teaching career. I wonder at a message. 

How do we determine the meaning of a work which has no author? And what responsibility is there in authoring our own interpretation? We examine the potential meanings of this poem, dig at length into