The answer to “Should I make art?” is always YES. The world can never have too much art in it. Art in every form you can imagine brings color, passion, imagination, inspiration, and joy into the world like nothing else can. Whatever the art is – painting, sculpture, novel, song, meal, video – the world deserves it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for science, technology, engineering, and math. Without these, progress lags and we
What does it mean to and for you? As a kid, validation for your art was a lot easier. It could have been as simple as your parent or guardian saying, “Great job!” They might have encouraged you to make more art. Or, maybe, they offered to put your art on the refrigerator. In school, validation came in the form of grades. Do well, you’d get an “A”. This sort of validation came both objectively
The second book of my Savagespace sci-fi trilogy is published today. As I do the ongoing work to expand my catalog, the second book of my new sci-fi trilogy, Savagespace is published today. Savagespace As murderous anti-life forces emerge from savagespace threatening the galaxy… The motley crew of the starship Moon Raven – refugee humans, dwarfs, a kitsune, and a half-elf – might be the only hope against an unyielding foe. For millennia, savagespace and
An idea for release and generating catharsis. Almost 13 years ago, I began to blog weekly. The exercise originated as my first New Year’s Action. To write more frequently – writing being a longtime love – I chose a day to write every week. My Pathwalking blog was the result of this. It will be 13 years since I’ve been writing these at the start of 2025. While not my first love – that being fiction,
Why people get close but don’t finish. In February of 2021, I opened a new Word document. An idea had popped into my head, and I wanted to get it down on paper (the screen) before it was gone. This is what I wrote: New idea: Sci-fi story where the aliens are the familiar fantasy tropes. Elves, orcs, goblins, all of the monsters of D&D as aliens instead. True sci-fantasy. All the tropes of characters
Writing for the love of storytelling. This might be oversharing, but I have very few childhood memories. Why is not important to this. One that I do recall, when I was almost 5 years old, was experiencing Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) for the first time, What I recall was hearing that big, soaring, amazing John Williams theme, the text scrolling up the screen. Then the pan down to the planet. Idyllic. Peaceful.
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I post here twice weekly about my work with Positivity, Mindfulness, and Conscious Reality Creation. I’ve been blogging every week, without fail, since the beginning of 2012.
Mondays – Positivity (and related ideas for making choices and decisions in life).
Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).