On the Boundaries

I have been intrigued for most of my adult life with the notion of boundaries: the lines that separate and define distinct spaces and entities while, at the same time, forming the borders that allow them to touch, engage, connect.  It is the same fascination that has attracted me to the concept of paradox: two statements or ideas that seem to be self-exclusive, inconsistent—”on the one hand, on the other hand”—but which, on reflection, may come together to provide a glimpse into the truth of things.

In this space, I hope to explore a series of topics, ideas, and issues that often live in an “either-or” world but that may deserve to be considered in the sphere of “both-and”—profound truths to be held “in the ceaseless tension of opposites,” reflections at the boundaries of things that matter.