November 19, 2025
My First Glimpse of Beauty
In my exploration of how I came to discover beauty, I landed on ONE undeniable truth.
Category: Memoir
November 13, 2025
First-Grade Beauty
What were — if any — the artistic consequences of surgery to straighten my crooked eye when I was in First Grade?
November 12, 2025
Kindergarten Beauty
Art isn’t about drawing. It’s about learning to see. But what kind of art do you create as a child when you can’t see straight?
November 6, 2025
So much beauty. So little time.
Keats wrote that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. But when does someone begin to recognize a thing as “beauty”?
June 11, 2025
Begin Again the Story of Your Life
I look at my worn and weathered journals and wonder: have I learned anything? Have I created anything?
October 25, 2024
Ignite — 10/25/24
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” — Mark Twain
October 23, 2024
Restoring Pathways
Neural pathways are essential for sensory perception, motor skills, and cognitive processes. When it comes to writing, however, they can block the truth.
October 17, 2024
Lincoln Assassination Fascination
It all started with President Kennedy’s assassination, but then the fascination blew up exponentially.