18JulFrom and Towards: A Matter of PerspectiveDon’t wait for things to get bad before you decide to leave. Don’t run away from your own life when parts of it feel broken or scattered.
31MarOn self-worth: Pulitzers, yardsticks, and underreporting the value of youIn the pursuit of understanding one’s purpose in life, we often assign meaning and value
11OctPistols, protagonists and commandeering an army of oneSeveral weeks ago, a friend was having a hard time following some personal and professional
05OctSeeking Sancho: Conviction, Chivalry, and Common SenseThe Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha is Cervantes’ powerful story about an unrealistic
12SepAnnotations on music, feelings, and choice“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
28JunThinking “in Rothko”: Verbiage, Vision and SilenceI’ve been thinking “in Rothko” lately.I find myself stuck on Rothko’s “pockets of silence” idea, though less in the context of art and more in terms of the information-abundant and creatively productive world many of us choose to live in.