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You Will Call it Fate

There is a moment in life — not always dramatic, but unmistakable — when something old returns. A pattern. A […]

Somewhere in the deepest folds of Hindu cosmology, there is a net. Infinite in all directions, stretching beyond time and

Heard the trope of being followed around by the eyes of the creepy haunted painting? Even if it’s only symbolic.

We draw it constantly. Children trace it on cards. Lovers etch it into trees. It flutters in text messages, glows

The phrase “lone wolf” conjures a certain image: the rugged outsider, noble in his solitude, self-sufficient and unbothered. He walks

We look at the moon and think we understand it. It’s a rock. A satellite. A tide-puller. But that’s only

Swans, as animals, go about their lives like any other creature. They raise their young, glide over lakes, forage for

We’re surrounded by spirals, though we rarely stop to notice them. They appear in galaxies, seashells, sunflowers, whirlpools, and hurricanes.

We know what a mirror is. Or we think we do. A flat pane of glass, a surface for shaving