You don’t have to be a virtuoso to make great art, you just have to reach down deep into yourself and pull out the most authentic version of your pain. Don’t forget. It’s possible your…
Continue viewing ...What I learned from the Johnny Cash bio by Hilburn
The Johnny Cash song, Man in Black, explained it. Cash sang: I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the…
I spend so much time in front of a computer, writing and designing, or on the smartphone where I read every interesting book and I can get in ebook format. Online activities take up a…
Continue viewing ...Taking a hands-on break from the digital
Fluffy cream-coated dog riding in the back seat of a Jetta, shakes his ears and sticks his head out the window. Wind flies under him and lifts his ears like wings. They ride higher that…
Continue viewing ...When I see dogs, I imagine them doing stupid things
I’m an intuitive writer. When working on a creative project, I begin with a seed idea and then it grows from there. I can’t tell you what that seed always is. Sometimes it’s a voice…
Continue viewing ...The individual spark from draft 0 through version 20
Random. I was walking back from the office kitchen with a cup of hot water, ready to drop in my green tea at my desk and noticed how the water was rippling on the surface.…
I would like to believe that life, more than anything, is about brain and heart, impressing my imagination and raising the adrenaline levels, pumping endorphins around my system, like coffee, only much, much hotter, because…
Continue viewing ...Question of the day: Where Would You Go If You Could Roll Back the Universe?
The sun is gravity embodied, or the closest object to a black hole I’m ever going to encounter. I mean, that ball of fire out there bends space and time around it, sucks it in…
Continue viewing ...And What If My Sun Broke Free Of Its Gravity?