This one is easy for me. Becoming immersed in the external political situation in the Middle East -- so much through your writing, Caitlin -- eventually provoked me to spend lots of energy working on a creative project that partly involved spending several days carefully scrutinizing images of Gazan people through the lens of Hosny Salah a brave Gazan photojournalist.

The outcome for my deepest being -- my heart and soul -- dawned on me like an explosion of consciousnesses once the project was completed:

I realized I had fallen in love with those people. I love the people of Gaza. Truly.

Go ahead, be ridiculous and call me an antisemite if that makes you feel better. It will only make you appear ridiculous. True love is true.