Symbolism
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Beyond the Label: Minds, Meaning and Digital Culture
Read essay: Beyond the Label: Minds, Meaning and Digital CultureMayim Bialik’s podcast prompts a reflection on diagnosis, identity, spirituality and how digital culture shapes our understanding of ourselves.
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Where My Stories Take Root
Read essay: Where My Stories Take RootHow symbolism, history, forgotten traditions and music shape my writing—from the guru’s cat to Sinterklaas, Christmas and the stories beneath familiar names.
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What Avatar Understands About Finding Yourself Again
Read essay: What Avatar Understands About Finding Yourself AgainKorra’s healing journey, Toph’s defiance and Kuvira’s need for control reveal what Avatar understands about identity, strength and finding yourself again.
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Between Stone and Sky: Ancient Worlds and the Stories We Inherit
Read essay: Between Stone and Sky: Ancient Worlds and the Stories We InheritFrom Atlantis and the pyramids to the eternal now: how ancient architecture, symbolism and evolving knowledge inspire the stories I write.
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An Open Door to Symbolism
Read essay: An Open Door to SymbolismA visit to Apeldoorn’s lodge temple during Open Monumentendag, and the symbolism that brought me back to Unity in Duality.
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Borrowing a Myth, Building a Story
Read essay: Borrowing a Myth, Building a StoryFrom Frozen and Narnia to The Huntsman and older winter tales, I explore why the ice queen keeps returning—and what those stories…