The Tragic Optimist
Andrew BoydDispatches from the better catastrophe, writings from Andrew Boyd.
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Neither Mouse Nor Menace: What Alex Pretti Taught Us
“We don’t puff up, we don’t shrink, we stand our sacred ground.”
—Brene Brown
In America, for better or worse, how we men handle violence often defines what kind of man we are. We have three basic options: we can be a Mouse, a Menace, or...
Strange rites of passage
Every New Year’s Day, I jump in the freezing Atlantic Ocean along with thousands of others at the world famous Polar Bear Plunge at Coney Island. (This year is a little different, as today, in another ritual across town, a fellow named Zohr...
“Energy From Heaven” : How to culture jam our salvation
If you’ve ever been handed a religious pamphlet on the subway, you know the vibe: a few pages of cartoon flames, some vaguely Renaissance-looking angels, a warning about The End Times, and a promise that salvation is just one prayer away. I...
Joanna Macy, Presente!
Yesterday, Joanna Macy joined the ancestors. The originator of the Great Turning is now making her own great turning. For the last three weeks, she’d chosen to be in hospice at her home in Berkeley, CA, surrounded by her family and loved on...
Build a monument to hope or despair
"To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing."
—Raymond Williams
“Artists are the antennae of the species,” said a wise person I haven’t yet been able to track down via Google. Along with climate scientist...
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Andrew Boyd is an author, humorist and activist. His latest book: I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope and Gallows Humor. You can find him at http://linktr.ee/andrew.boyd
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