Welcome to The Jasmine Dialogues.

The Jasmine Dialogues first started in 2008 as a book club with one other friend to discuss the human adventure and our relationship with the more-than-human world.

Often accompanied by several cups of jasmine tea, these discussions were designed to share stories of those committed to exploring the truth, the truth of our misconceived boundaries—tales of endurance, artistic edge, spiritual pilgrimage, activism.

We sought literature bleeding authenticity and inquired into how genuine reciprocity might be forged with ourselves and with our external surroundings.

We only got through one book.

Since its dissolution, the name “Jasmine Dialogues” stuck as a reference to this ongoing conversation I’ve continued to have with friends, family, strangers, and myself—human and non-human.

The name calls into resolution a pathless path, a lifelong pursuit of study and celebration and curiosity of the space between my inner ecology and the outer layer I strive to intimately inhabit.

After several years, over one hundred posts, and ~3,000 subscribers, I’ve chosen to continue the conversation here, an updated digital space to share this journey.

Posted will be visceral experiences that shape me, shake me, break me, and make me. Art, edge-walking doers and makers, places dripping with beauty that help deepen this work.

The Jasmine Dialogues is committed to such intention. I hope you enjoy and check back often.

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