Every day, I’m aware that the number of times I might do what I’m setting out to do is like evaluating a helium balloon on the end of a string. It will float on the air, tied to a wrist, and by nighttime bob listlessly on the floor. Nothing lasts forever.
Read MoreTHE ACCELERATING FALL
When I walk into a book store I hear lives in chorus, humanity suggesting that it might have a redeemable essence, that we just might overcome the forces always trying to undo our best parts.
Read MoreTHERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN IRRELEVANT JOB
There’s no such thing as a meaningless job if you’re doing something germane to a collective effort.
Read MorePLEASE! NOT "INCREDIBLE"!
By finding more accurate replacements for impotent, overused images, we enhance our ability to understand what each other means.
Read MoreDAY AT THE MUSEUM
What is she thinking? The real question should be, "What are you thinking?"
Read MoreDEMONS
Some people happily call it quits after a normal day’s work. But just ask any creative person you know: does that sound like a normal day?
Read MoreOVERCOMING THE UBIQUITY OF DISTRACTIONS
You’ve got to apply power to the throttle, and you’ve got to start rolling down the runway. This will take fuel; this will make you tired; this will add risks to your day. But once you achieve flight speed, you’ll see the Earth fall away beneath you, and you’ll finally be headed somewhere.
Read MoreTHE MANY OPTIONS
There are more choices then there are days in a lifetime. More choices, always. Some people don't struggle with this. They take it as a statement of fact, as ordinary as the expectation that the sky will be blue. Why ponder the color of the sky? But I ponder, and I know others who do, too.
Read MoreHIDDEN THINGS
The horizon line marks those places with an edge beyond which you cannot see, and there are more places you cannot see from where you're sitting right now than there are places you can see.
Read MoreWHAT DO 3D MOVIES TEACH US?
The newest techniques, technologies, trends, and styles in any discipline are not necessarily as important as really thinking about the point of what you’re doing in the first place.
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