Archive - The Slow Take

Our Big New Dreams

...and how to keep them from becoming shame-monsters on our heads

Jan 1 •

December 2024

Heartbreak and Wonder Coalesce in December

And that's totally okay. Here's a poem in which I wonder if Mary fretted about microwaving her deli meats. (not really--but kind of.)

Dec 21, 2024 •

November 2024

Awe & Wonder in Election Week

I've voted. You've voted. Might I now suggest shouting cosmic facts at your people?

Nov 4, 2024 •

September 2024

On the Not-Rightness of Things

and art as response

Sep 30, 2024 •

Writing an Essay Is Like Walking in the Dark

Encouragement for essayistic thinking and art-making.

Sep 24, 2024 •

August 2024

Can You Rethink Just One Rule?

A simple experiment for creative living

Aug 1, 2024 •

July 2024

Every Body Has Something

and all bodies are good.

Jul 9, 2024 •

Walking the Wrong Way Through Mary Cassatt

On caregiving as a not-so-sentimental act

Jul 2, 2024 •

June 2024

You Might Not Be "Doing Nothing"

You might be healing.

Jun 11, 2024 •

May 2024

April 2024

White Guys Explain Privilege to Me

Are they doing this to you, too? And if so, isn't a bit like the illness masking as the cure?

Apr 3, 2024 •

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