By David Mahaffey
August 20th, 2010 People say, “You look younger.” Or, “Have you met someone?” Or, “If you keep looking younger every time I see you it’s gonna get weird in a few years.” I don’t know what to tell them, except that it’s hard not to live a little more fully when you spend a lot of time with ideas that are begging you to do so. […]
By David Mahaffey
March 23rd, 2010 Note: Let’s call this one “by request,” sort of. Some people with whom I’ve been corresponding wanted to know how my brain works and how it got that way. My response is an attempted abbreviation. For a fuller account, I refer you to the complete archives and all future posts of this very blog. […]
By David Mahaffey
July 19th, 2009 I wish, oh I wish, Dave Carter had gone on sharing new aspects of his gift with us for years to come. His task was an unending one, so of course it feels like it was prematurely arrested, because the work of untangling the world can never be finished. The longing for new Dave Carter music and the new understanding that comes with it brings me to the brink on days like this. Then I remember: his gift is generative. Others have been stirred to share their own new visions of the world because of the words Dave Cater wrote. That tribute keeps him as present now as he ever was, and my lament only delays its further uncovering. […]
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What’s All This, Then? Hi, I’m David Mahaffey. I’m an editor and a geek, a faithful skeptic who likes to be proven wrong. Writing is the breath I take between thinking and understanding. I’d rather tell you a long, mostly true story than bore us all with a straight answer. Welcome to my blog. |
