by Mark Saltveit When a kid takes something from your kid (say, their hat) and won’t give it back, they are playing the game of Keepaway. There are two ways to win this game. Your kid can 1) beat up their tormentor (which has complications), or 2) stop chasing, in which case the other kid will … [Read more...] about American Koans: KEEPAWAY.
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American Koans: CELEBRITY.
by Mark Saltveit The golden idol is raised above the people’s heads. They worship it, love it, invest their dreams and fears and loneliness because it is epic, perfect, beyond human. Then, inevitably they turn. They want it to fall, to be redeemed by the idol’s weakness, to see that the star is human after all. 300 million hopes and fears … [Read more...] about American Koans: CELEBRITY.
Mind Racers.
by Rose Saltveit Henry was daydreaming. He imagined that he was in a place where it was warm and sunny all around, along with two other kids – a girl and a boy. The boy was playing the clarinet, and the girl was wearing sunglasses and stroking the fur of a strange looking bunny. Just then something hit his … [Read more...] about Mind Racers.
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by Mark Saltveit Missionary My problem with organized religion is that it imagines God as worried silly about what we think of "Him." The all-powerful, omniscient Creator of the Universe is losing sleep because Frank in Schenectady stopped going to church on Sunday. Missionaries act like religion is an … [Read more...] about American Koans.