The Tia Sophia's storefront A few weeks ago, my mother and I stood waiting in line outside Tia Sophia’s, a favorite breakfast spot in our hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico. With several other New Mexican places in town, Tia’s is family owned and is a popular destination for both tourists and locals. Bursting forth… Continue reading Cultural erosion and the multiverse in which it lives
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NM vs CO
In this video, I discuss the cultural and energetic differences between two of my favorite US states--Colorado and New Mexico--and how they stem from differences of landscape. Taking the consideration more broadly, I invite the viewer to assess their own landscape in terms of cultural and energetic resonance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6jE1LUVbE
The west need not be saved
In 2013, the summer after graduating from college, I read the Tao Te Ching. In the edition I picked up from the library, the preface began by making a startling claim: between eastern and western philosophies, the latter was simply wrong. As someone who’d minored in philosophy while in college, this claim rattled my presuppositions,… Continue reading The west need not be saved
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I have one tattoo, on my back, which is a symbol of a tree bending in the wind. At the time I got it, my interpretation was that that tree is strongest which bends most in the wind. This was because, after graduating from college in 2013, I had applied to top graduate programs in… Continue reading Home
Cults, culture, and charismatic leaders
I once dated someone who was a member of an ongoing, intensive support group, and I spent the first half of our relationship trying to persuade her that it was a cult. “You don’t need the group in order to be healthy!” I would tell her, “You don’t need them! Just look at me: I’m… Continue reading Cults, culture, and charismatic leaders
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 