• World on Fire

    A Reprisal of a 1970’s song begs this post’s existential question.

  • What Works

    On Catching the Ephemeral with the “I”. As a writer I constantly get prompts from the exterior world that it might be worth my while to take my creative output seriously. I should keep notes, I hear from my…

  • Reading: Am I Still a “Reader” if I Consume Books via Audio Format?

    Now that there are so many options for consuming a writer’s work how is the actual experience affected by the medium? Is the meaning of text altered significantly by an actor’s voice? we explore audio works in this post.

  • Erotics of Transparency

    If I felt that there were any other way I would take that route in a minute. It turns out, though, that saying the thing that is underneath all the subterfuge is actually what’s easier in the long run.…

  • Thankfully, neurally rewiring

    I would do it again but I’m glad I have already been through it. Last week was professionally challenging in a very particular way. I had to learn to be deeply empathic yet very self focused at the same…

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