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Unconventional Muses: Book Recommendations

I've been creatively starved lately and I was replenished (and disturbed) by reading The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock by Edward White...

The Hourglass: Three Time-Bending Tools for the Writer By Reni Roxas

We all need time for our art. The author Michael Cunningham writes in the morning, “before the duties of the day stamp their urgency over...

2020: A (Garbage) Year-in-Review

An exceptional year has passed, to say the least, and good riddance, 2020! The hardest part of saying goodbye to a seriously f***ed up...

Find Inspiration on Instagram

Fed up with Facebook, I deleted my account months ago. And I find myself spending less time on my remaining social media accounts,...

Stay Real: Wisdom from Musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland

I randomly stumbled on the article Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Music for a Future That Never Came and found myself stunted by the...

The Benefits of Running Away

As a boy, I often fantasized about running away to explore the mountains surrounding Phoenix, Arizona, where I grew up at. During recess...

Resources from The (Indigenous) Writer's Toolkit Workshop

What a blast learning alongside the talented students who attended The (Indigenous) Writer's Toolkit: How to Launch Your Craft workshop I...

Step Forward, Introverts (Inch By Inch)

The destiny of the introverted artist is a mystery. And why is that? Because we can’t see you! Believe me because I’m introverted through...

50 Best Albums (or 3,780 Minutes Later)

I did it! I got through Pitchfork’s 50 Best Ambient Albums list. As mentioned in a previous post, my goal was to listen to an album every...

Embracing Difficult Conversations

As creative hot messes, we manage difficult conversations all the time. Whether it’s disputing contracts, quarreling over creative...

50 Best Albums

Every morning, I wake up, make coffee, feed the dog, check on my garden, then settle on the couch and listen to one album. Each day....

Grow My Pretties!: Gardening & Wellness

Gardening as/for wellness is something I've dabbled in here and there, mostly growing potted herbs (lemon thyme is the $h!X), but this...