I will sit with you in the sad, hard place Serving as a witness to your pain I will sit with you as the clouds roll in And shelter you with my thin hope Nature comes as a witness Bringing an offering of tears The willows sway in solidarity Bending low to acknowledge your grief […]
God is a mother I’ve seen her in the park Nursing babies while pushing another on a swing I’ve seen her in the grocery store Trying to stretch a dollar to feed her family Making feasts out of meager loaves and fish God is a mother I’ve seen her leading families Through trauma and triumph […]
The following is a spec script I wrote in 2015 for a screenwriting class. This script is best positioned during the first half of Season 1 of Blindspot, a TV show created by Martin Gero that aired on NBC from 2015-2020. FADE IN: EXT. MANHATTAN’S UPPER EAST SIDE – NIGHT A SERIES OF SHOTS City […]
It took an insurrection for some, but I’ve seen clear lines drawn in the sand on social media – culling of friend lists and declarations for people to unfriend them if they don’t like what they have to say about politics (particularly the current President of the United States.) I get it. There is a […]
There is security in zealotry. It feels good to belong and feel like you’re on the right side of something, a scrappy minority fighting for good against evil. When you find yourself defending and believing whatever your leader says, take heed, blind loyalty to any person or organization is idolatry. Zealotry can be blinding and […]
