It’s Natural to Need Help
– Relishing the idea of “making it” on my own, I didn’t foresee the hazards. —
A Lone Wolf Sets
Creativity vs. Commerce
Creativity is spiritual, personal, and irrational. Commerce is profane, collective, and statistical. But need the duality be so extreme?
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In Defense of Aimless Learning
— Here’s to the most liberal of liberal arts education —
Envisioning and designing the University of Virginia in his later
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What Am I Doing With My Life?
— Two kinds of doubt and how to use them —
In a prior Soul Shelter post, I wrote:
In spite
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How to “Follow Your Bliss”
— Contrary to popular opinion, it’s about more than doing what feels good —
In a powerful lecture entitled “Mythic Literature,”
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Are You an Amateur? Why Not?
— We can’t all be professionals all the time — and anyway, would we want to be? —
“What’s the difference between
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Secrets of Creative Longevity
— The process itself is the most dependable reward —
I don’t write novels in hopes of scoring rave reviews. To do
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John Ruskin on Soulful Imperfection
— “To banish imperfection is to destroy expression” —
Throughout the whole second half of the nineteenth century “to read [John] Ruskin
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Incredibly Shrinking Selves
— Being my “self” could mean any number of things. That’s an inspiring (and scary) thought —
This month, adding another
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Entrepreneur Turns Vagabond: Journeying On, Destination Unknown
— Everyone asks what we are going to DO. My answer is, “we are going to travel” —
(This is a
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The Lonely Novelist’s Five-Point Productivity Plan
— A few ideas for a fulfilling and productive new year —
I work entirely from home, and unless I make
