Words & Letters
It’s been a while since the last “phase” post, and while I won’t recount every twist and turn of the recent madness, I’ve been busy navigating the storm. In the middle of the chaos, I found steady ground in creating, staying active, and showing up for the people around me. There’s a quiet truth I’ve […]
This post is several weeks behind schedule. In the words of Kurt Vonnegut, “So it goes.” I try to get stuff done on a schedule, but I don’t get crazy about it. Most of these deadlines are self-imposed. It’s important for me to balance my desire to get shit done (dreams) and what I actually […]
We survived 2024, and then 2025 happened. It’s been a royal shit show since that digit flipped from four to five. Still, we soldier on. I’ve got my usual slew of projects in motion (links below), and work keeps me busy. I can’t complain, but I do complain. Books that I’m currently reading…It takes me […]
“Nothing forces us to know
What we do not want to know
Except pain”
― Aeschylus
Lessons from failure I’ve been falling, bleeding and occasionally breaking bones for most of my life. I’m not masochistic, at least not by the traditional definition. adjective: masochistic1. deriving sexual gratification from one’s own pain or humiliation1.1. (in general use) enjoying an activity that appears to be painful or tedious– from Oxford dictionary That second […]
“Ideas are worth just five cents” — Art School Teacher Sometimes it’s the simple lessons that you need to re-learn over and over to really comprehend. As a young art school student you mutter to yourself after class, “That old guy is being a dick. He doesn’t get my concept.” True story time. Foundation year of […]