A Muse will not chase a pig

A Muse will not chase a pig

The only way out is the way through. There is no Muse, or mystical experience that will abide until you build the dream. Both simple sustenance and incredible conceptions are for you to capture, of your own application.

The contentment of pigs

The contentment of pigs

The rare fettle of contentment is hard to achieve and maintain. Turn to the contentment of pigs for some examples of how it is a choice not a circumstance, an attitude not a pursuit

Swine wine

Swine wine

A dinner toast persists as an eloquent illustration of the whatness in the work of swine, wine and poets.

Gluttony and ambition

Gluttony and ambition

Where are the penitents today, in a world replete with gluttony and the exaltation of ambition? Is it only our perspective that has changed, or are the purging flames but embers?

Appetite and the social contract

Appetite and the social contract

A pig ignites a smile, but is it a smile of appreciation for the wonder of all living things or that of an expectant appetite, eating the pig in anticipation.