Category: Life and Love and Stuff
Known
When a friend is describing you, or someone is creeping on your social media, what are the defining traits you want to be associated with? What are your passions? Are you a caring person? A loyal friend? A musician? A dreamer? What do you want to be known for?
2017: A Year in Review
The frozen air ripples from the heat of a passing bus. The sun drops below the trees and houses, and I notice a string of lights above the alleyway outside. Half the bulbs are burnt out. Too cold to bother changing them, I suppose. No one will be sitting under them for months anyway. Even […]
Every Emotion You Feel When Publishing a Book
Everyone knows what it’s like to start off on a new adventure. It doesn’t have to be anything grand. You could be moving somewhere, starting a new job, beginning a relationship, or finally taking up that hobby you always said you would. There’s excitement and uncertainty. Every moment is filled with possibility. It’s not all […]
The Artist and the Real World
What would it be like to wake up every day and do the exact job you want to do? Not just the job you want to do, but the one you feel you were meant to do. Some have that luxury, but most don’t. We try to find solace in having a job we don’t […]
Pushing 30 – Reflections from a Fading Twentysomething
There are these moments of change in life that you see coming at you. You prepare yourself. You think you’re ready. And then they arrive, and you still can’t quite believe what’s happening. All of that to say, one month from today, I will turn 30 years old. It’s funny because I’ll have one group […]
The Greatest Words Never Said
The beginning of our universe was dark and formless. There was no time or space or color. Just the cold, infinite black. Then, according to the Biblical account, God said “Let there be light”, and there was light and life and warmth. He spoke creation into existence. Whether you believe there’s a god or not, […]
VHS Lifestyle
(photo credit: Allan Foster) My family never owned a lot of movies growing up. We had The Lion King, of course. And I had my own copy of the 1986 Transformers movie that I watched so many times, it literally started to wear out. There were a few other titles in there as well mixed […]
I Graduated from High School. Now What?
I don’t know where my high school diploma is. I’ve spent the past ten minutes trying to remember if I actually got a physical diploma. I must have. I graduated from high school. I walked across the stage in that ridiculous square hat. People clapped when my name was read. It was very official. And […]
It’s Okay to Love Something You’ve Made
Remember when you were a kid? A few feet tall, little fingers, little toes, messy hair, zero idea of what fashion was. I remember my childhood pretty well. I loved to draw. Any given day, if there was paper with a blank space in front of me, and I had a pen or pencil, I’d go […]
Forgotten Headphones (Distractions and Excuses)
There’s some foreign tune rattling the Starbucks speakers above me. Behind, two guys laugh and joke about their adventures the night before. Beside me, a man attempts to sell a couple on something. Insurance, I think. Their voices blend together with a dozen others, occasionally joined by espresso machines spewing steam and metal measuring cups clanging against a […]