by Kim Bateman | Nov 21, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology, Series |
Dis?honorable Deaths My call echoed in the room where my friend lay, unable to answer. He had cinched a belt around his neck and lowered himself to cut off the flow of oxygen to his brain. It may have been to see if it would intensify the sexual pleasure as he aroused...
by Kim Bateman | Oct 4, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology, Series |
Storyteller and psychologist Kim Bateman continues her series. The Uninvited Mourner For the last 26 years from May to October, Jack has been fishing the Truckee River in our backyard at least twice a week. He has been there in his waders in rushing spring run-off,...
by Kim Bateman | Sep 17, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology, Series |
Storyteller and psychologist Kim Bateman begins her series Death Dialogues with this essay. I Pledge Allegiance to the Republic of Not-Dying Hap has been wrestling with lung cancer for many years. And by wrestling, I mean more of a dance, where one is acting and...
by Armida Cervantez | Jul 20, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy |
Recently whilst wasting one more precious moment of my lifetime, I read an article on the destruction of the Maya Codices by a Franciscan Priest in the year 1562. This inquisition involved the burning of sacred texts, and it allowed control over the sacred and...