Essays

Rewilding: A Conversation with Staffan Widstrand, by Eleanor O’Hanlon

April 28, 2019By Eleanor O'Hanlon

A conversation with wildlife photographer, author, and conservationist Staffan Widstrand

The Courageous Mary Oliver, by Lisa Starr

April 28, 2019By Lisa Starr

Remembering the beloved poet

Watching the Wild Things, by Tracy Cochran

April 28, 2019By Tracy Cochran

Going to the movies, mindfully

The LSD Experience, by Laurence Rosenthal

April 28, 2019By Laurence Rosenthal

A celebrated composer hears celestial music

For a Man There’s an Order in Life, by James Opie

April 3, 2019By James Opie

Homespun advice to a young man in need

In the Midst of Winter, an Invincible Summer, by Tracy Cochran

April 2, 2019By Tracy Cochran

Seeing the light when it is darkest

Living the Moment of Love, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

January 30, 2019By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Awakening to ourselves and the world

The Simple Joy of Being, by Adyashanti

January 30, 2019By Adyashanti

Backpacking into deeper Reality

A Moment with Mister Rogers, by Jeff Zaleski

January 30, 2019By Jeff Zaleski

Chatting with America’s favorite saint

The Calling, by Lucinda Herring

January 30, 2019By Lucinda Herring

Meeting death with dignity

Our stories can bind us or set us free. They have the power to shape our identities and the world around us, and have been told since the dawn of civilization.

Join editor Tracy Cochran at the Rubin Museum of Art on August 24th from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM for a a day of mindfulness meditation and mindful writing. Mindfulness gives our stories space and compassion, allowing them to unfold and reveal new insights and possibilities. We will explore our storytelling nature, seeing how our stories can change—heartaches giving way to healing, endings leading to new beginnings. Writers and non-writers, meditators and absolute beginners are all welcome to come enjoy this day. For more information, please visit this link.

Two acclaimed filmmakers open this issue of Parabola: Martin Scorsese, director of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino, Kundun, Silence, and other masterpieces including this Fall’s offering, The Irishman; and Kent Jones, creator of this year’s Diane and director of the New York Film Festival. Scorsese writes of forgiveness; Jones discusses how forgiveness informs and illuminates Scorsese’s movies. What stands out in both men’s essays and in their art is an understanding that we each exist in a web of meaningful relationship; that what we do matters, that we each have a responsibility to others and to the world. Read more>

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