"Do you think being sardonic is a requisite of getting older?" "What the hell does sardonic mean?" Jeremy asked. He picked at the grass on the hillside and threw it into the air. "I think it means sarcastic. Or no, maybe just like cynical. Sometimes
Happy new year.
As I've been pushing myself to write more intimately about creative processes, slice of life experiences, and vulnerability, I've started to see my own writing as sounding like thinly-veiled advice columnist writing. I did not see that coming. And not coincidentally, I'm starting to
I've long been inspired, fascinated, and curious about artists who can create, create, create, but never return to obscure or bury their past. For myself, and I think for many other aspiring creative minds, lurks the temptation to start fresh in our self-presentation. As we progress in our
Priorities are like arms. If you think you have more than a couple, you're either lying or crazy. - Merlin Mann (source) Take a moment and ask yourself: what are my priorities? Perhaps, like me, you’ve walked decades on this earth and never really asked yourself this
Arm in Arm, Neck hinged uncomfortably.
A simple, uncomfortable statement that stops me in my tracks.
Turning, turning, turning away in the machine.
Blogging is strange. Creating content on the internet at large is strange. I often find myself wishing I saw it all as I did two decades ago: then, I was free of the poisonous drive of associating any sense of "success" to what had been written. It was
Your phone is ever-present; your loved ones will not be.
What happens when something we enjoy doing that took effort becomes effortless? And what happens if that original effort was a foundation on which we saw value in ourselves? If our efforts, in part, define us, then our efforts have intrinsic value. Our efforts may help us understand a position
You were born with a limitless supply of encouragements. Use every one of them. Last winter I noticed this small, innocuous bit of paper taped to a neighbourhood post-board. On it were the words I have quoted above. It sticks with me to this day and comes to mind frequently.