Masks in the Maelstrom

We are the sum of the masks we wear for others and for ourselves. I hear you begin to object, but listen: for mask you may substitute a gentler word if you choose. Belief. Philosophy. Religion. Code. Faith. Name. Job. Vocation. Shadow. Body.

Whatever word you choose for these things, once you've stripped them away from you, what remains?

Here are some of my masks. (Some of these are links; some are not. Some are essays; some are just screams into the darkness.)

The Inner World

• The Journey (in progress)
• Catholic Christianity
• Silence (a review of "Into Great Silence")
• Faith and Reason
• Silence and Community (a Reflection Written on the Eve of my Baptism)
• Belief
• Subminimalism

The Public Arena

• Samples of my work
• Government (in progress)
• Why explore space?
• Why the plunder?
• The State of the Union (2004), Simplified

Private Fascinations

• Airships
• Clan MacDuich
• The King in Yellow
• Tacoma
• Tannu Tuva
• Wombats (in progress)

There are other things of importance to me, of course, that defy easy classification. Some of these, in no particular order, are family, art, and my Muse.

And don't forget to check out the Great Flood of '03 (image intensive)