Mahler and Freud Meet in Leiden

The subject of Mahler and Freud Meet in Leiden, which is available here, is the contract life imposes on a human being as the fundamental condition of its existence. It is explored as the unstated, never negotiated covenant between existence and life; that is, the conditional situation that existence provides to those that live within it, and the […]

Wanderings – Caravaggio’s Dagger IV:4

Caravaggio's Dagger, Beheading of John the Baptist

This poem, which deals with my parents’ emigration from the Netherlands and the benefits that has bestowed on me, is the fourth of the fourth Taxonomy, “The Waterways of Avalon,” of my book Caravaggio’s Dagger. The poem can be listened to here. It was written between 28 April 2004 and 16 November 2008 in Vancouver (British Columbia), St. Stephen (New […]