by Havi Brooks | Dec 29, 2010 | biggification
Alas, it’s not really the kind of prize one can look forward to, because it doesn’t go to a person. No, the Phrase of the Year prize goes to the phrase itself. And winning generally has to do with how useful a particular phrase is in resolving something in...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 23, 2010 | my personal practice
The day before yesterday I was watching myself studiously avoiding a thing, in a variety of clever and fabulous ways. After taking the appropriate amount of time (ninety seconds?) to admire my smoking hot avoidance skills, I went back to what I know. Namely: I know...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 26, 2010 | stuff I think about
This was the hot buttered insight that emerged yesterday (thank you, Shiva Nata). Like most epiphanies, it sounds pretty stupid when you say it out loud. But it’s still a gleaming piece of truth, and now it lives in my body and is a source of comfort. Nothing is...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 16, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
Today I stumbled into an absolutely massive pile of iguanas. If you are not familiar with the iguanas, I’m referring to the Inowanna variety: those things you just don’t feel like doing. Today’s iguanas are all at least tangentially related to Shiva...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 26, 2010 | my personal practice
Among the many weird, marvelous and extraordinary things that happened at the Rally (Rally!), this one was possibly the most surprising. After some badass spiral practice, I chose six questions and we let those questions be like stones skipping through water. We...
