Mediums
Our creative work is shaped by the mediums through which we transmit it. I’m using the word ‘creative’ in the sense of ‘things that are created,’ not just a painting or novel or LP. Artistic creative work is shaped by…
Internal Consistency
When I was looking for an apartment here in Wichita, it was important to me that I find a home with good natural light. Lightbulbs, today, don’t use too much energy. If you have a modern bulb, you could conceivably…
What Wrong Means
If I was smart, I would have more advertisers on my podcast. I’ve been using the same two for a while, and that has no doubt diminished my money-making opportunities. Further, it’d be a good idea to start having guests…
Valuable Frictions
I’ve been living in Kansas for a little over seven months, and I’ll be here for another four before leaving in pursuit of my next adventure. I decided to move here because the very idea of doing so frightened me. Not in…
Political Omnivores
I host a podcast called Let’s Know Things wherein I add context to what’s happening in the news. I love the hell out of writing, but I find podcasting presents an opportunity to discuss important topics in a different way,…
Thoughts on Conflict
We live in contentious times, and discourse will only become more impassioned in the coming years. Political tremors are upending the status quo around the world, precipitating intense debate about the principles our politicians espouse. This conflict is probably good for us, though that may not…
Ellipses
I’ve always believed in celebrating the accidental mispronunciation of a word rather than mocking or deriding it. Such accidents are usually an indication of the mispronouncer having learned a new word in a book, and after determining its meaning, having…
The Subjectivity of Time
Time has passed differently for me since I arrived in Kansas. That’s not a statement about Kansas, but rather about how the way we live warps how we perceive the passing of time. For seven years, I’ve organized my memories…
Aware
It’s hard to know what to think sometimes. Perhaps the news seems unreliable, and you’re not sure what sources to trust. Perhaps your own ideologies are beginning to fray at the edges, and you’re not certain which of your own…
Glimpsing the Palette
In many different dimensions of my life right now, I feel that I’m stepping back from a painting I’ve long studied, having spent years trying to understand the composition, the colors, the brush strokes, and the movement, only to accidentally catch…