I’m afraid of heights. So what the hell am I doing watching a movie about a person wacky enough to climb a sheer rock face without a rope? Me and heights have never been good friends. I’m not a fan of being on a ladder over eight feet. How I made it through several years …
Where do creative people get ideas? The day someone finds a solid, verifiable, backed-by-science, surefire answer for that question, a fortune will be made. Books will be written, a series of instructional videos will hit the market, that person will hit the podcast and public radio circuit to milk the thing for all it’s worth, …
After a couple days to analyze the crash test data from my meeting with The Wall, I’ve come back to the place I normally find myself in saner times. What place is that? It’s not a place of pizza and rainbows or eternal optimism. It’s more of a waystation where I can catch a couple …
Confession time, folks. I’m not good at writing long form without an outline. There, I’ve said it. What, that’s not all that shocking or scandalous? Not even mildly surprising? Maybe even blindingly obvious? All right, all right… no need to pile on. I’ve spent the better part of my life writing poetry. Before that, it …
I’ve had a blog a lot longer than my post history here would indicate. Actually, I’ve had blogs (plural) a lot longer than you’d know from looking at this website. Whether it was a few swings at my personal domain (which I then foolishly wiped clean for the mirage of a “fresh start”) or the …
This year has given me a good grasp of what “aging in dog years” actually looks like. Last month feels like last year, March seems like it was a decade ago, and last year feels like it was the turn of the century. Back when this whole thing started, folks were having their Zoom Cocktail …
To be honest, the last week or so has been a mess. Which is fine, because it’d be a shame for it not to match with the rest of 2020. One thing I’ve managed to keep on track with is getting my page per day. Tomorrow morning, I’ll start in on page 17 of the …
Years ago, I saw an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger where he talked about how he had to find joy in whatever he did, otherwise he wouldn’t do it. Something about that clicked with me, and I’ve carried it with me wherever ever since. Now, taking life advice from The Terminator might seem odd, but when …
In case you’re looking for some follow-up on my new daily planner, here you go: three days, three pages. The new project I’m throwing my creative weight behind (at least as much weight as 30-40 minutes in the morning carries) is a screenplay. Thinking over what would be best to keep me typing and motivated …
The Friday Five is a collection of things that I’ve found inspirational, fun, pleasurable, interesting, or am thankful for this past week. #1 – VILLA INCOGNITO BY TOM ROBBINS. Started this as my secondary book (still working on Van Gogh: The Life). Robbins is a perennial re-read for me because he was the first authors …