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It is easy, in times like these to find ourselves feeling hopeless about the state of the world. Particularly, the state of the future, if there is any future to be had. It is easy to think, “it’s over”, “we’re cooked”. “There is no more hope left.” “It’s the end of the world as we…
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Did you ever notice that as the world gets more complicated, the desire for nostalgia and “simplicity” becomes more and more prevalent? There comes a point when everything is so confusing and confounding that we find ourselves yearning for simpler times when, to our minds anyway, things just made sense. Of course, there’s not really…
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2025 has been the eternal year hasn’t it? And the fact it is both already October and only October should tell you quite a bit about just how long this year has felt. Due to… reasons, I’ve dealt a lot with feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Lack of stable work makes things incredibly stressful, utter…
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Among my newfound love for oil pastels and night photography as well as my love of acrylic blowout art work, I’ve found that there is something about the sort of scrapbook style cut and paste art, using magazines to create something wholly original and different that just speaks to me. Being that yesterday was my…
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Over the course of the last few… days I’ve been feeling kind of uninspired and lacking in motovation. As I might have mentioned enough times on this blog that it’s beginning to feel like I’m bragging at this point, I’m certainly not lacking for ideas. As I wrote yesterday, I’ve been working on an outline…
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This might disappoint you to hear, but my first piece of advice actually has nothing to do with writing per se and everything to do with what you do before you start writing. Reading. Nearly every writer that you know would agree that reading is absolutely fundamental to becoming a writer. Now I’m not Stephen…
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It’s a feeling that sneaks up on you. A sensation that creeps upon you when you least expect it. Everything can be fine, normal even, and then it hits you. You’re trapped. Backed into a corner like an animal stuck in a cage. No escape. No way out. Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. Stuck…
