No, really. Why? What qualifies as genuine motivation to expend so much energy telling stories, regardless of whether they are appreciated? Over the years, I find that my motivation to write has shifted, and when I become aware of that shift I experience a little crisis of faith. Losing one’s sense of purpose in an [...]

We hear it said that “still waters run deep” or that a problem is merely the “tip of the iceberg.” The general prevalence of these metaphors suggests that we regard the hidden, the concealed, as an indicator of significance. “The meat of the matter” or the “center” of the debate, implying that the outer layers [...]