We're thrilled that the Barfield Forum is "up"! And I personally am thrilled to be "on" it! (I think Barfield might have enjoyed tracing the uses of prepositions in English...) In upcoming weeks I hope to post in just about every thread, but most devotedly in "Creative Nonfiction," where I believe there is fertile ground for examining how Barfield's writings on the evolution of consciousness give us--writers and readers alike of the burgeoning field of cr nonf--fascinating ways to think about literature in general and this genre in particular. I'm just now looking at the relatively recent writing on "Theory of Mind" in relation to narrative--which dovetails notions of the evolution of consciousness beautifully. So...be on the lookout. I'll be back soon.

Poetry

Eager Spring

Consciousness and....