JMPerkins

The River October 3, 2020 Blog Growing up, I spent a fair amount of time white water rafting with my family. We traversed most of the rivers available in California and beyond:

I love my city. October 2, 2020 Blog I don’t love the housing prices. And we have our share of problems: our radical unsustainabilities, our hypocrisies, and it’s

Fatherhood – 6 Years August 2, 2020 Essays Let me begin, my daughter thrives (even now) and nothing makes me happier. And while I believe that, today, I don’t have the certainty of that I

Soul Retrieval December 6, 2019 Essays I grew up in the library. I was -in large part- raised by books… for much of my life I marinated in books, I inhaled them. They were some of my

Lead to Gold December 1, 2019 Fiction Once upon a time, there lived a poor alchemist. Alchemists are always poor unless they could convince a rich man to pay them for the promise of

Burning Man 2019 - Going it Alone November 3, 2019 Essays & Travel

Note: This piece was heavily edited for a bunch of reasons. If the transition worked, I just cut the bit but you may occasionally see [Redacted]. If

On the Limits of Relationships October 9, 2019 Essays The ‘Dunbar Number’ is a figure that purports to be able to determine –by looking at primate neo-cortex proportions- how large a particular

La Jolla Fog October 5, 2019 Blog The La Jolla fog swept in on a bright October day. San Diego early autumns are tricky; they can be the hottest time for the city a brutal second

Composing a Life June 9, 2019 Essays On an episode of one of my favorite podcasts ‘On Being’ I heard the guest speak about ‘composing a life.’ I appreciated this metaphor; so often it’s

On Travel March 23, 2019 Blog I love the feeling of traveling, of having my entire life (briefly) strapped to my back. I love the light movement, surfing over the world and the

A Review of Desert X March 20, 2019 Essays & Travel

Let’s begin here; attending Desert X was a phenomenal daytrip and the most ambitious artist’s date I’ve ever taken. If you’re unfamiliar, Desert X

Fatherhood - 4 and a Half Years In January 20, 2019 Essays It is an extreme pleasure to start this essay, as I been able to start all these fatherhood essays, that my

Scare-People & False Signifiers January 14, 2019 Essays In my apartment’s laundry, there is what appears to be a security camera (it might be fake). Someone has placed a crumpled sticker over the plastic

Pilgrimage to the Center: Burning Man 2018 October 3, 2018 Travel & Essays Of all the cultural and tribal identities that have accreted to me like barnacles, the one I am most comfortable with, the one that fits best is

ScreenWorld April 4, 2018 Essays Plato imagined a cave of untruths, chained captives captivated by flickering shadows on the wall. Marshall Mcculan said the medium is the message

Fatherhood: Three Years In September 25, 2017 Essays On July 30th my daughter -Elliott Rose Perkins- turned three. On September 12th, she attended her first day of pre-school. Milestones like these

On Why so Many of ‘Us’ Suffer August 19, 2017 Essays Recently, a friend posted ’Why do so many of ‘US’ suffer?’ Which was a question I found interesting and personally relevant, so I ended up writing a

Scare-People May 4, 2017 Blog In my apartment’s laundry, there is what appears to be a security camera (it might be fake). Someone has placed a crumpled sticker over the plastic

Salt Lick April 2, 2017 Fiction ‘Come on you bastard.’ Frank thought, afraid to even whisper it aloud. ‘Come on.’ A figure moved through the gray-frost mist, drew closer

Pokémon Go and the Invitation to Play November 5, 2016 Essays I considered –briefly- writing an essay about why I’m not playing Pokémon Go despite it seeming to be nearly perfectly designed to appeal to me: a