Reckoning

Let go of old things.

Tamerlane (1959) by Dorothea Tanning

I want to understand this year but there’s too much to sift through. I feel like a hoarder who’s been locked inside her house among her towering piles of things. It’s some form of aversion therapy: There’s no way out until you start throwing things away for good.

It’s amazing how much junk can accumulate inside your he…