Shedding Old Skin in the Year of the Snake

Plus, how art helps me process the anguish I'm feeling in light of the recent political developments

Dear Ponders and new subscribers,

January has, as many have observed, felt like the longest month ever. The 20 years days since the inauguration coup were filled with such intense chaos, cruelty and lawlessness that I hardly had any room to breathe. As a result, I’ve been feeling like the stick figure below—quite the opposite of the “embodied” state I de…