Collectors & Producers
The cool air bit my fingertips as we stood on the outdoor patio, indie guitar melodies flowing through the air […]
Entrepreneurship
Four Wings of a Software Engineer
Amateur field notes in the psychology of software engineers Having been asked a sufficient number of times, “what my ideal
On Reasons to Write
What reason is there, really, to do all this writing you ask? Is it perhaps because on the empty pages
Imitation in Writing
Rene Girard theorized that the inability of human beings to generate authentic desire caused them to imitate others. While I
On Creatives and The Creative Process
Writing is, in a very real sense, a meditation: a messy practice mostly unseen. Although we read, rather enamored I
Cold. Hungry. Wet
I watched in anticipation as the mass of participants trudged their heavy boots and uniforms through the sinking sand of
Hunger and Thirst
I could feel my torso ache and wail in deprivation: “Is this hunger or thirst?” I thought to myself.. Accepting
Domain Transfer
The concept of “domain transfer” came to me from reading the philosopher and practitioner Nassim Taleb’s Incerto series a few years ago.
Milton’s Paradise Lost & The Danger of the Intellect
Milton invokes the Muse at the start of his journey to inspire him to justify the ways of God to
Notice the “I” and the “Me”
The quiet voice in my head hummed along as I walked. Notice the “I” and the “Me”. Pay attention to