Loss in the Wake of Something New For me, personal posts on social media platforms have always been fraught with a certain amount of hesitation. The exhibitionistic and hence voyeuristic nature of a mass exchange of poignant moments hijacked for the purposes of data gathering and segmented mass marketing seems to cheapen genuine communion. So here I was on the day I had decided to help my dog pass quietly away, pondering as to whether or not I wanted to simply post a picture of him as a cover photo. That need to connect, to share with people, is so fundamental to assuaging the essential loneliness of the human condition. Because ultimately, as much as people can empathize, no one really can know what you are going through and how you perceive things. Still, we strive to connect. And on some levels in this world of digitized, monitored and monetized feelings we do. This brings me back to community. The past five years I have been struggling to hold together and