The future me is going to own a large house, possibly an apartment building. The rooms are there for artists who need retreats. Mostly writers. The retreats can be for a few weeks or a few years. A garden. A communal space. Lots of quiet. It should feel like Rivendell, if it was a real […]
The last few days have been so ordinary, but with moments that feel symbolic and mystical. I’m investing the moments with meaning. But the meaning is there. Remembering Mom was born the year of the Ox. A picture I bought of a little boy in blue on an Ox is peeling off the wall. Three […]
Fountain pens, specifically Platinum fine nib pens of various kinds, and really good paper notebooks, like, Midori MD notebooks (and also Traveler's Company notebooks, which is the same paper). A decent pencil just in case.
I think this is the last time I’ll post an essay to Facebook. During a period of my life where I was convinced I wasn’t writing, it turned out I’d poured hundreds of thousands of words here and on reddit. All of it practice, all of it scales, all of it worth it. Getting feedback […]
I write morning pages on my computer, and since 2015 on google drive. I started in 2003, introduced to this practice by my mentor in Seattle. I mostly did this on Microsoft Word, sometimes on plain text apps. The typing was because of the mindbody connection for me with typing and writing. I’m less stream […]
I woke up, cleaned up, packed, and headed to the city. I made my way to Times Square, stored my bags, and marched and chanted briefly. I got my bags, argued with a man on the subway and regretted my lack of compassion and composure when I got to Grand Central. I took a train […]
I just realized something. I’ve been trying to have it all. I want to maintain my high standards, including for myself. But I’ve been clinging to an idea about my career, the idea of pivoting out of the media industry towards something more socially impactful. If I can do this, it’ll be a gift. I […]
Nobody should care about this, but one of the reasons I haven’t focused on ‘The Dragon in the Basement’ is because my dad died a few days after we wrapped the pilot in October 2022. Spotify also told me soon after that the kids and family program was cut so there’d be no pickup for […]
Anyone who knows me probably noticed why this picture is a big deal. I never wear stuff with logos on it. Maybe a Superman T-shirt like 30 years ago. But always a plain front. If I wear buttoned up shirts, maybe a tiny logo on the shirt pocket. But I prefer stuff without logos or […]
A Prayer for Los Angeles Protect the heroes of Los Angeles May their hearts stay connected to each other May the bludgeons of tyranny miss their bodies May they walk through the smoke and fires shot at them as if parting the fog of war itself Let their lives be a light and a blessing […]
I wrote a short-short story yesterday. As I understand it, flash fiction is a short story of less than 800 words, and a short-short is a story of about 800-2000 words. When I learned that, I realized I spent a good chunk of my teens and twenties writing both kinds. They often end with some […]
I feel reborn. I’ve felt reborn for months, but it hit me today. I’m tired. But it’s just the lingering of Covid. I feel less tired every day. But I walk like I did in my thirties again. I don’t wake up with pain. I can practically leap to my feet after meditation. My hunger, […]
My workshop has become a treasure room. I’ve got a shelf full of stuff I bought on ebay while depressed. Enough boxes, bubblewrap, and packing material for all of it. All of my artwork is out of storage (and I have no more storage units). I also bought more artwork. Among the treasures are maybe […]
I started tracking my writing last year, at first writing it on paper. As the year went on, I found the process of setting up my journals and tracking it tedious; after a while, I realized I was making a paper spreadsheet. I decided to shift to collecting data as I went. There’s a TON […]
I’ve been really up and down the last week. My zepbound dose increased and it’s been hard on my stomach; I’ve been throwing up and getting woken up with headaches and stuff. My routines are out of wack and I’m exhausted, so I’m barely functioning. I don’t watch much YouTube, but ended up there as […]
Don Draper does some awful things. Just about every character on Mad Men has, with perhaps Joan being the closest to an exception. As the show evolved, each character ends up having an arc, and ends transformed. Don’s character, to me, represents something I think about often. A person who’s suffered and experienced tragedies, and […]
The novel Shogun is an under-researched artifact, an impressive literary achievement that manages to be a 20th century version of late 19th century British obsessions with Japan as a fictional place; Shogun is a more-advanced version of The Mikado, with Japan as another planet, a place of the mysterious other, rooted mostly in the viewpoint […]
Letting go, but allowing myself to remember, some of the writing I lost so long ago. Novels – The Adventures of Elmo Zagwaf – Mighty Hank, Godling Among Men – Bowl Chime Short Stories/Novellas – Scorpion House – Rocketship Eden – I Love Beans – S.H. Puttgrass Learns to Vote – Interstate – Defender of […]