For A Fulfilling Life, Beware of “Wisdom”
— I heard the Hollywood gospel, but it didn’t save me —
Conventional wisdoms are sneaky things. Moderately useful sometimes, they often
Songs for the Unsung
Young artists — or old, still-struggling ones — ought to be championed in their wildly impractical, unlucrative pursuits, even if the dominant discourse is all about cash, film deals, and bestseller lists.
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Stacking Stones, Letting Them Fall
– “If I don’t work for a period of time I do feel rootless. I don’t know myself.” -Andy Goldsworthy –
Andy
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Neighbors at Work
— Daily, like me, the guy down the street labors away in solitude —
The day is young, an average Tuesday,
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Steve Martin Tells the Story Before the Glory
— Here’s a good summer read that affirms the worth of obscurity, naïveté, and so-called “delusions.”—
I find myself at
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Two Books to Encourage & Console Creatives
– “As artists and professionals it is our obligation to enact our own internal revolution, a private insurrection inside our
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A Song for the Unsung
– Destiny is the finest incentive –
Recently I read a New York Times Book Review article that discussed books solely in terms
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The Hazards of a Career, The Rewards of a Vocation
– Maybe spiritual profits are enough. –
In response to last Monday’s post, How to Achieve Even While Losing, in which
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It Is Natural to Need Help
– Once upon a time I relished the idea of “making it” on my own. I didn’t foresee the hazards.
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You Don’t Have to Be an Insider
At age 19 I made the decision to become a writer. I hadn’t finished college yet (and wouldn’t) and did
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Poverty, the Pulitzer, & the Beauty of Letting Go
The latest Pulitzer Prize in fiction was awarded to Cormac McCarthy for his newest novel, The Road. This 75-year-old author
