Then vs. Now: Growing Older With The Village

Something interesting I've noticed as I get older. Some of the films you really loved at different times don’t necessarily stay the same when you periodically revisit them. Many of them actually grow with you. Or maybe it’s that you grow, and the film remains a

The Game of Reasons: A Fable

There was once a woman who lived at the outermost edge of a crowded city. She wasn't wealthy. She wasn't particularly powerful, either. But she had something in abundance that was rarer than either of those things – time. And because her time was precious, many came

The Art of Doing Nothing (With a Little Help from Slacker)

It's really no secret that most of us are taught to fear doing nothing. Idleness is suspicious. Productivity is the religion of the day. So, if you’re not grinding, optimizing, or “getting ahead” every second of every day, then what are you even doing with your life?

The Swedish Inn That Doesn’t Exist

Last night I went to Sweden. Not on a plane with my passport in hand, and not with my bank account weeping at the cost of airfare. I just… slipped there. Outside of time and space, while I was sleeping. I stayed in a little inn with a big dining

The Iron Heart of Heaven: A Parable

The first time it fell, no one noticed. It struck the earth in the night, a streak of fire breaking across the crooked sky. By morning, only a shallow crater marked the spot where it had landed. The farmers who found it thought it was a piece of machinery, an

Escaping the Sea of Tears (and Other Lessons in Making Stuff)

This morning is the kind I would bottle if I could. Before Sunrise playing softly in the background, a grocery delivery on its way, a stick of chamomile incense making my office space smell amazing. I’m in that gentle in-between state where the world hasn’t yet demanded anything

The Chalk in His Pocket

Conversations With Robin at the Edge of Departure

Where Are the Stories for the Rest of Us?

Why culture forgets us once we’re past our “prime," and why we’re not done yet

Things I'm Not Saying Anywhere Else: A Brain Dump

These days, I share a lot of myself in writing across different spaces – particularly Quora, Substack, and Medium. But some thoughts don’t really fit anywhere official. They’re too quiet, too in-progress, too unresolved, but they're not necessarily private journal thoughts, either.  So this time around, I’

What I’ve Learned From Blogging Every Week (Even When I Didn’t Feel Like It)

You know those writers who always seem to have their act together? (Of course, you do.) They’re cranking out newsletters every week, dropping blog posts like clockwork, and somehow still finding time to live aesthetic Insta-worthy lives full of matcha lattes and annotated novels. I used to assume those

How I Make Time for the Work That Actually Matters

Tips for creatives trying to balance paid work with soul work

"I'm Broke, But Can You Make Me a Masterpiece?"

Why custom art isn’t free just because the tools got faster