Mark ValentineEverything Happens for a Reason*Once, someone told me I needed to change my story. That confused me. My story is my experience. How can I change what I have lived…1 min read·Aug 19, 2021----
Mark ValentineWhat Is Consciousness For?I have nearly a hundred senses but they are unused. Let me name now a few:1 min read·Aug 17, 2021----
Mark ValentineBest EvidencesBest evidence of a person without ego: an unmarked grave.1 min read·Aug 12, 2021----
Mark ValentineLittle Questions Needing AttentionHow many petals bloom on a rose? Does the earth groan as it rotates? When is a wave shorter than a line? Why does idleness cost more than…1 min read·Aug 7, 2021----
Mark ValentineThe Waning MoonWhen the moon wanes, it comes: Emptiness sliding in below loss. Night is the steady state of the Universe.1 min read·Jul 28, 2021----
Mark ValentineNortheastMy turbulent dreams vanished when I woke to see the morning sun’s cursive rays rush through my kitchen’s northeast-facing window. The…1 min read·Jul 23, 2021----
Mark ValentineCoffee and Other MattersWe used to have this game when I was a kid — it was an electronic football game. The token players, frozen in their moment of exertion…2 min read·Jun 16, 2021----
Mark ValentineThe Salsify SonnetFor all its beauty, it is invasive. Advice says to pull it up from the roots before it takes over everything, but then I found at the…2 min read·May 25, 2021----
Mark ValentineVespersThe sky never asks for attention. Anything worthwhile in my life happened1 min read·May 20, 2021----
Mark ValentineThe Backwards Law“Erroneous intuition resembles visual illusions in a crucial respect: both types of error remain compellingly attractive even when the…1 min read·Apr 29, 2021----