From the Blog
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Desaucerfication
I scrape my high-top chair closer towards the table, the thin metal legs screeching against the cement floor, the sound echoing unpleasantly across the near-empty restaurant. Everything about this dining experience is barren. The dining room is cold, the dishes lack garnish, plastic silverware comes wrapped in crinkly cellophane, and the menu is a QR
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Creation & Judgment (It’s Not What You Think)
I’ve always said that creation happens alone and in the dark. Whether it’s waking up hours before sunrise, or staying up long after everyone else has gone to bed, there’s something about the dark solitude that’s sacred and inspiring. And equally importantly, messy.
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Keep Feeling
“Have you noticed,” he continued, “That we stopped saying ‘sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?’ Now everyone’s all about safe spaces.” Soon I was less focused on the conversation and more focused on what I was feeling: pissed off.
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The Dark And Light of Growing Up
What’s your slow-going dream? I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but over the past ten years the dream slowed. Becoming an adult dealt a harsh blow to my imagination, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. THE GOOD THING is that growing up taught me the way the planet really worked.
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Escaping the Matrix with Seasonal Work
Many people have found happiness in what I like to call the “job/car/family/house” system, and even I myself benefited from that system growing up. Before going in-depth about some ideas I’ve been mulling over for a while, I need to establish that everyone deserves the live the lifestyle he or she wants to live. I’ve
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