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mistakes were made
Over years of writing, making art, arranging furniture, solving problems, learning a new language, and teaching, I’ve become a mistake aficionado, a blunder buff, a faux pas fan with a mission to give...
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how to fall in love with yourself
A recurring theme for writers I talk and work with is how to write past the self-judgment that often comes up as we write. If, for whatever reason (and there are lots of them), you struggle with...
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trial and error terror
Creating is already automatically a risk. It can’t not be. You’re making something where once there was nothing. To make something you really like, something with legs, something with a life of its...
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writing and stitching
We humans have developed various ways of processing things. We get into a bind, mired in a mess, overwhelmed by data, confused and conflicted, and we do something to sort it out. We pray or play or...
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may i please be excused?
Much of my life is on hold. Decisions being made by others will affect me in radical and far-reaching ways. This waiting to find out what direction my life will take has been going on for many months....
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slow fool
pond-staring in colmar, france If you want to be successful, you’ve got to be smart and speedy, right? Make quick decisions with exceptional intelligence so you can get ahead of the pack. Find a slim...
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purposefully undefined
I once asked a friend of mine, artist Donna Romero, “How are you?” After a long pause she answered, “I’m very in between the trapezes right now.” Though transitions, passages, holding patterns,...
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writing prompts for getting started
Though every step toward a desire counts, the first step is special. A first step, by definition, involves heading somewhere different. And no matter what we’re writing, writing it has the potential to...
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foolish dreams
I wish my psyche had a benevolent dictator. Tell me what to do and I’ll do it. Just don’t make me sort through all the options and decide what’s important and what’s not, how to prioritize, what to say...
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burning morning pages
I have a new friend, Alex, who lives in Berlin. We met through a Barbara Sher connection (she wrote the remarkable book Wishcraft), which gave us initial common ground, but then we discovered that...
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