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May 04, 2013
"Notes from the Backyard"
The trees
lean in.
The last of
the autumn leaves rustle.
Fire clouds
drift
languidly
across the
sky.
You lift
fallen apples,
gather them
in your hands
to gauge
their weight.
They dangle
lazily from your fingers
like small
planets.
You close
your eyes.
Around you,
the ambient hum of suburbia,
families
sighing into dinner,
garages
closing their heavy eyes,
and you
listen like a phantom,
your own
opera unspooling gently.
The air
darkens.
February 20, 2013
Good ideas
A while ago, I posted a video of Susan Cain's RSA short for "The Power of Quiet." I just love animated videos like that (and this one below), especially when they're combined with some real food for thought. It's a winning combination you can't help but love.
February 08, 2013
Food for the Brain (and Soul)
I've read so many spectacular articles lately and have wanted to write about each one. Unfortunately, that would take me way too long, so I'm sharing a few of them here in a link roundup:
Happy reading! I hope you enjoy these just as much as I do.
Happy reading! I hope you enjoy these just as much as I do.
February 01, 2013
National Poetry Month 2013
January 30, 2013
On Reaching Goals
"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it's just not that good. It's trying to be good, it has potential, but it's not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn't have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it's normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I've ever met. It's gonna take a while. It's normal to take a while. You've just gotta fight your way through." --Ira Glass
Edit: Coincidentally, I just discovered this quote on another blog, albeit with a cool graphic. Take a look.
Edit: Coincidentally, I just discovered this quote on another blog, albeit with a cool graphic. Take a look.
January 27, 2013
"Froth"
Beneath the dying Mexican sun,
the tide carried us on its shoulders
and promised us one last time
that we were giants.
We came out of the sea,
limp weeds clinging to our water-worn ankles,
dried cheeks stinging.
The blue sang behind us, foaming,
chasing our salt-flaked legs.
Come back, it called.
We stumbled away, blinded by the softening darkness.
From behind windows,
we gazed out:
the moon rising like a tributary halo.
the tide carried us on its shoulders
and promised us one last time
that we were giants.
We came out of the sea,
limp weeds clinging to our water-worn ankles,
dried cheeks stinging.
The blue sang behind us, foaming,
chasing our salt-flaked legs.
Come back, it called.
We stumbled away, blinded by the softening darkness.
From behind windows,
we gazed out:
the moon rising like a tributary halo.
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