November 29, 2019
This essay was published as a column in SageWoman, Winter 1999-2000. On this Black Friday, the day we’re mind-controlled to “go shopping,” the essay feels particularly germane, given that Neptune symbolizes the antithesis of materialism.
THE SIREN SONG OF NEPTUNE
For years now, whenever anyone asks me, “What do you do?” I respond: “What level do you want to talk on?”