We are all searching for something, and many across the edges and expanses of time have turned to myth, have gone wandering through the words of fantasy. Why? What comfort, what courage, what enlightenment do we seek in the supernatural fictions of mythology?

First published 2012 in The Ivy Leaves Journal of Literature and Art, vol. 86, p. 122-127.

We are a culture of tired optimism, screaming happiness to hide the disillusion of disappointed expectations. Spread your wings. Aim for the stars (you might hit the moon!). You can be anything you want to be.

First published 2012 in The Ivy Leaves Journal of Literature and Art, vol. 86, p. 64-67.