There are some ways in which I will never be able to remember what life was like before the pandemic: not to feel naughty, transgressive or like I'm courting danger to go to an indoor concert in a venue filled to capacity; not to have a 6 ft bubble that I live inside etched in …
Tag: psychology
How Many Different Ways are there to See the World?
This question came to me the other day and the more I consider it, the more joy and hope I feel for humanity. Back up, allow me to explain. There are a few things we run into on this planet that are constant, fixed, measurable, do not fluctuate based on time or conditions, at least …
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Damar Hamlin
I am not a big pro football fan. And just to be clear, I mean the NFL, the National Football League, rough-and-tumble, smashmouth, American Football. There are many reasons for this, but mostly I just didn't really grow up in a huge football household and we didn't really have a "home" team living in Southern …
Happy New Year
Ahhhhhhhhhh. Let me just begin this post with a sigh. This year my company was gracious enough to give us all the holiday gift of a week off from Christmas to New Years and even though it's now Friday night and the week is coming to a close, I have truly felt about 15% less …
Editing
The art of paring away, of subtraction, this is editing. Like someone who carves wood or clay, sometimes the ultimate result of creative work comes from a process of taking away, rather than adding to, slowly revealing the final product in reverse. It is creation through reduction. Most people think of editing related to writing. …
It’s Been a Minute, or Vibes
Time flies when you're having a good time, right? You might be thinking that I've been working on some magnum opus post since I've been "away" for so long, but I assure you nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is, I've just not had the spark hit at the right time for …
If a Tree Falls…
...in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This is a question that I probably first heard of from a close friend when we were in high school. We were in band together, though he took it much more seriously than I did, competing in solo competitions …
The Magic of Human Relationships
Sometimes just being in the world can be overwhelming these days. It's not that you even need to be DOING anything, per se. There are so many CONSTANT demands for our attention, whether they eminate from the workplace, our relationships, our homes, or our digital lives. Then when we can finally carve out some time …
Today’s Internal Dialog
Why aren't you writing? The blog is getting stale. I'm sick of looking at screens. And I can't gather my thoughts into coherence. But the blog was never FOR coherence; it was supposed to be for writing...Yeah, I know. I'm so sick of screens, though. And work is sapping all of my soul energy. Well …
Art
Lately, I have been listening to deep-dive interviews with people involved in the arts, performing, graphic, etc., about their crafts. All art is most simply put, a form of storytelling, whether through painting on canvas, sculpting clay, writing a novel, recording a song or filming a movie. Some art requires the expression of a story …
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