If we are “between stories,” as Berry suggests, then we can work to discard the lies we have inherited that glorify hierarchy, monopoly, and greed. If we are to create a world in which the strong and the weak survive, a world in which “weakness” itself is imagined differently, then we must write new stories that engender solidarity, mutuality, and

... See more

When that zesty feeling starts to wane, I hope a little bell rings in your mind to signal your next-level inspiration: Here is where your story gets interesting. Here is where your writing is asking you to be even more curious. Let your writing lead you. Be willing to let go of control and walk backwards. You may feel a little sick to your stomach.

... See more

Imagination is our gift as a species to move purposefully towards what does not yet exist and walk willingly through the unknown to get there. It has a power to change what seems possible and so to shift what becomes possible. Moral imagination looks inward as much as it acts outward. It works with a long sense of time and opens its eyes to assumpt... See more