The Elephant

One year ago, in early 2019, we had a new baby, a new house, and I had a new job. Baby Florence V. Grace was healthy and calm, the house felt exactly right for us, and the job was one… Read more ›

Naomi Hart is an artist, primarily working now in encaustic painting. She is also one my aunties who’s life story has always fascinated me. When Sarah told me that Naomi was submitting art for this issue of The Elephant I… Read more ›

I am happy to see 2019 go and 2020 swell forward. I am proud of the diligence, focus, and grit I applied during 2019 in the face of a year that mainly felt like going uphill with small dips of… Read more ›

I recently read a quote by Nietzsche that haunts me, as it is linked to something I have been pondering and working with for years. “Everything matters. Nothing is important.” I was brought up by admirable parents and I have… Read more ›

Living in the city of Los Angeles for the past fourteen years, I had always focused on ways I could get out and up to the mountains, out into nature. Nature was always “out there,” something I had to go… Read more ›

For most of 2019, I worked as a therapist at an inpatient facility for people with eating disorders. During my tenure there, I received the remainder of the clinical hours necessary to become fully licensed as a psychotherapist. It was also there… Read more ›