Secret Project—Background

 Would you love me if I was anything but what I am? There’s an old saw which says, “Everybody has a gris-gris.”  A gris-gris is a charm or talisman (even a belief) that we maintain without any support of its abilities.  The original term means a device for warding off evil or creating good luck, and generally only coincidence supports a gris-gris’ ability to do anything.
But, we humans, we’re desperate to make order out of the chaos.  We like connections that signify i...