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“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” -Gustave Flaubert No one wants to be around a person who’s crazy, out of control, consumed by passion, narcissistic, foul-mouthed, violent, quick-triggered, arrogant, single-minded,…well, you get the drift. But man, we do love seeing those people onContinue reading “Discipline = Madness”

Producing is taste and tenacity. You find something you absolutely love and decide you have to put it out to the world. How do you develop taste? You get specific. How do you get specific? Consume as much art as you possibly can. Figure out what moves you. What you value. What you cherish. WhatContinue reading “Get Specific.”

Welcome Fellow Travelers. Below are my February picks. Thanks in advance for reading. I look forward to your feedback and any of your own picks! Here goes… FILMS The Sound Of Fury. One of the bleakest film noirs ever made. Lloyd Bridges is sublime as a bad guy. Makes you wonder why he didn’t getContinue reading “Bonus Post! Bonus Post! “Fellow Traveler” Newsletter Vol. 2 – February, 2020″

It doesn’t matter… …Why we got here. …How we got here. …Whose fault it was that we’re here. …What we could have done to prevent us from getting here. …Whether it gets worse from here. None of that helps. The only thing that matters right now is we’re here. Let’s accept that with clear eyesContinue reading “HERE”

“What is the ONE thing you could do right now such that by doing it, everything else would be easier or unnecessary?” – Gary Keller, author of The ONE Thing Apply that question to all aspects of your life. Health, Family, Art, Work, Finances, Service, Fun, Etc… Apply that to your current states and feelings.Continue reading “The Magic Focusing Question”

Time is your most precious asset. Everyone’s vying for it. Especially the media right now. For more on this, read here. Guard your time with your life. How? Be intentional. Ask yourself…”What do I need to do right now (especially self-care)? What change do I want to make? What art do I want to create?Continue reading “Intention Is The Antidote”

Fast forward one, three, six, twelve months from now. Assume things are relatively back to normal. Ask yourself how you spent your time prior to then. What did you do? Who did you help? Are you proud of the thoughts you had? The actions you took? Were you strong and resilient in the face ofContinue reading “Look Forward To Look Back”

The word decision is derived from the Latin word, decidere, which means “to cut off.” When you decide to do something, you cut off all other options. That’s it. You’re all in. To quote the Irish writer, Frank O’Connor, you “throw your cap over the wall.” Right now. Make some decisions. Decide we’re all gonnaContinue reading “Throw Your Cap Over The Wall”

“Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.” -Marcus Aurelius Stop searching for certainty outside yourself. It’s not some ethereal thing. Certainty comes from within. From your own power to choose. Choose connection. Choose strength. Choose resiliency. Choose flexibility. Choose generosity. Choose optimism. Choose to makeContinue reading “Searching For Certainty”

Was reminded today of the stunning poem, Berryman, by the Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award winning poet, W.S. Merwin. Merwin was a seventeen-year-old freshman enrolled in John Berryman’s creative writing class at Princeton. A lifetime bond was forged. It’s incredible advice to any artist. I encourage you to read it again and again. TheContinue reading “Berryman”