What is Aristotle’s theory of forms
In my previous piece on Plato’s theory of forms, I asked the question - how do we know a table is a table? As Plato’s most famous student, it is no surprise that Aristotle too had an opinion on Forms. What may surprise those new to Aristotle is that he rejected his...
Mark is the author of 7 books including 5 novels, a short story collection, and a haiku collection
Single Frames
Single Frames: A Japanese Short Story Collection Follow a man who comes to loath the sound of drums, follow two old friends with different regrets as they hike into the mountains, follow the tragic tale of a Tokyo mom, follow two lovers as they meet under the cherry...
The Girl Who Made It Snow
Kara Cove-Brown is 11 and she makes her own Christmas presents. One year, she asks her great-grandmother, Nanna Pearl, what she wants Kara to make her. In a brief moment of clarity, Nanna Pearl asks for a White Christmas. The only problem is that no snow is predicted...
108 Breaths
108 Breaths: A foreigner's experience of Japan through haiku “A haiku is but one breath. It is the Kodak moment of modern poetry and it proves all Picasso needed to write a picture was 17 syllables.” In 2004, Mark Wollacott moved to Japan and discovered this perfect...