coordinates: sitting with joy and an empty mug of Jade Matcha with full-fat coconut milk and local Oaxacan honey
As I tuned into my deepest wisdom this morning for guidance about how to approach the day’s business, I kept hearing to do it “with joy.” I even made a coupon code called WITHJOY
. Such minor mischief makes me exceedingly happy. Perhaps it will smooth out a burr in your day to adopt such or similar.
[time] Are you so thirsty you can’t stop to take a drink? Here’s a little explainer by moi on nine ways you might be leaking out your life force like a rusted colander. More to come in the next weeks and months on what to do about ‘dat!
[art] Perhaps painter Kimberly Clo captures the essence of what the infinite nothingness imagines when it decides to become form. Such seduction creates us all. I don’t know for sure if that’s true, but I do know my life is enlivened when I hold it as a place I can surely stand on.
[film] My bestie David and I agree this film illuminates a serious blindspot in the award committees who decide who to give those fancy golden statues to. The Boys in the Band one of the finest masterpieces of men having actual conversations I’ve ever seen or hope to see. We had to pause the movie and let our belly laughs out before we could continue, since we didn’t want to miss even a single razor-sharp line.
[minds] This British man, a former conductor, has the worst known case of amnesia. At the time of this recording, he had 30 seconds of memory, but in the following decades, it went to 7 seconds. Still, much of what we consider this thing we know as “me” remains.
[more extraordinary minds] Marilu Henner, star of Taxi, has complete recall of her entire life. If you give her any date she can tell you what was happening. As of this 60 Minutes reporting, there were about 100 people in the world that had been verified to have this ability. I love both of these stories bookended together as they illuminate some kernel-ness of us… if you’ll forgive me such an abuse of the language.
Who do you know who’s ready to take the biggest leap of their life?
There are two things I know, despite how improbable and fantastic they seem.
People show up on my metaphorical and sometimes literal doorstep when they’re about to make the huge transformation of becoming themselves. It amazes me every time it happens, and it is the honor of my life to witness this.
Aforementioned bestie and biz partner, Mr. Swedlow, has had the ability since he was a wee boy to spot people’s core wounds. It’s taken nearly six decades to sufficiently calibrate his powerful laser awareness as a tool for healing.
It’s been a wild journey to arrive to here, but we are now ready! We are (finally) stepping into our mutual callings to do this work at scale with a group of men and non-binary humans to center the experience of masculine conditioning. Our first job is to address the toxic patterns of overwork that strip their capacity to step into what they are here to do on this planet.
Next week we will open up scholarship applications. All you’ll need is their name, email, and three sentences about them. We have already awarded two out of the eight positions, and ask for your help in filling the rest with a diverse crew.