Intimations: A Writer's Discourse

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The necessity (and joy) of discomfort in writing
AI writing tools threaten to take away a key aspect of the creative process
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The mystery is the clarity
We live in in-between spaces. We live in the liminal. We like concrete definitions of things. We have notions of solidity and permanence and…
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Finding the sacred in the secular
So much is to be found in a random moment of invitation. I had a paradigm-shifting conversation this week (or a paradigm-affirming conversation…
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Quitting
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Longing
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To Be the Fool
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A malcontented body, a contented soul
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The Art of Brevity
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To Be the Fool
A few years ago, I made a New Year’s resolution to relinquish my need to be right. We’ve all been there, right? Whether in a casual conversation or a…
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A malcontented body, a contented soul
Illness as path to self
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Longing
“Longing, we say, because desire is full of endless distances.” —Robert Hass I have longing on my mind because I recently interviewed Madelaine Lucas…
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Quitting
In this world of clogged Inboxes full of stubborn emails that keep arriving even after you’ve unsubscribed—pitches, promotions, news, demands—it’s rare…
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Because poetry
Happy National Poetry Month! I like to think of ways to recognize National Poetry Month each year because of the role poetry has played in my life as a…
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Distractions: a path to the divine?
Each era gets a moniker, and this era might be best known as the Age of Distraction. Distractions are the one thing that seemingly everyone is grappling…
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Found Objects, Found Stories
Making the detritus of the everyday into gems and jewels
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Intimations: A Writer's Discourse
How we write is how we live. And how we live is how we write. A dose of creative writing for the soul.
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