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We read, we write, we think, and we form something of a self. We live. We experience other people and events. And our soul is informed....
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Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.
Lao-tzu
Story Arks
We carry around our stories. They drive us, they define us. Our stories are who we are. Beneath this skin, this frail facade, we are a...
The Power of Metaphor
Metaphors drive understanding. Through metaphor we don’t just see our connectedness, we feel it. For Marshall here, the metaphor is the...
We Are Stories
There are so many facets of us that no one image can capture our nuance. And that’s what we’ve lost lately, that nuance. Everything is so...
An ODE to Kismet
I can think of no better birthday tribute than this ODE to Carla, who found me through my book. Happy birthday Carla. She read Serpent...
An ODE to Movement
For our first photo session we met at Limantour Beach in Pt. Reyes. It was a bit overcast but that’s the most magical time on West Marin...
An ODE to Healers
It’s strange and miraculous how people come into our lives. We are each like celestial objects hurtling through space until our...
An ODE to Edward, SFFD
Sometimes people ask me to do an ODE for them, and sometimes I ask them to allow me to tell their story. Such was the case with Edward...
An ODE to Zoë
An ODE to the girl she was, an ODE to the young woman's she's become. I couldn't be more proud, and it's got nothing to do with her...
An ODE is a Story
It begins with an image. And the location we choose is almost always an intuitive guess. In my mind it has to have some thematic...
Be mindful. Be curious. Dance.
To see a person, to enter their orbit and really see them, is the greatest privilege there is in this life. To listen to the story of...
Team Builders Wanted
The impetus for ODE was really that moment when I was at Nickelodeon, standing in the kitchen getting coffee when a co-worker I hardly...
Love is the Ultimate in Infrastructure
This man came into my life through a friend who has since passed on and he is but one of her many gifts to me. I have long wished to do...
Diana Halfmann - Compassionate Listener
We need more listeners like Diana Halfmann. More ears. More hearts open to the suffering of the world. We need more mindfulness. We need...
Shalaco and the SF Land Trust
Shalaco was(is) exactly the kind of person I envisioned ODE for - he’s interesting, he has a great story, and he has a cause. The San...
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