In 2001, as my sister approached her 40th birthday, she decided to try one last time to give birth through in vitro fertilization—a process she had tried several times without success when she was married, a decade earlier. Although single now, her biological clock was ticking. She’d saved enough money as a self-employed floral designer to cover her medical expenses and planned to work through her pregnancy so that she could […]
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Moon Shine
“And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell, and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner, the shapes of things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.” —Black Elk “Romanticizing the past” is a familiar accusation, made mostly by people who think it is more grown-up to romanticize the […]
The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) is an enchanting film that follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia’s Gobi region who face a crisis when the mother camel unexpectedly rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth. Uniquely composed of equal parts reality, drama, and magic, this film is a window into a different way of life and the universal terrain of the heart. Directed by […]
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