Following the thread of this article, I’m curious to explore some ideas about what we would need to do to change our thinking about writing. What would our thinking have to change to? In reply…
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Still Waters or Stirred Reflections?
On the Difference Between Self-Help and Personal Development There’s a Zen tale about a young seeker who asks the master, “How can I become enlightened?” The master gestures to a nearby bucket of water and…
Voice, Ink, and the Shape of Thought
This morning, I traded my keyboard for my voice. Instead of typing out my morning pages, I hit record and let my thoughts spill out in a stream-of-consciousness monologue. What came out wasn’t just more—it…
The Rogue Learner’s Creed
You don’t need permission to learn.No gatekeepers. No credentials. No institutions dictating the syllabus of your mind. Curiosity is your compass.Books, podcasts, experiments, rabbit holes—the world is your library, and your education is a lifelong…
What is thinking?
This seems like a basic question, but the more I looked into it, the more twisted it became. When you’re thinking about your thinking, who’s doing the thinking? What makes this question particularly twisted is…
The Art and Science of Meta-Learning: How to Teach Yourself Anything
In an era where knowledge is abundant but attention is scarce, the ability to teach yourself anything is perhaps the most valuable skill you can cultivate. This is the domain of meta-learning—learning how to learn….
A Journey Between Moments: The Art of Interstitial Journaling
blogger’s note: this week, i’ve started my journey into Interstitial Journaling, but with a twist. if you google Interstitial Journaling, you’ll mostly find it associated with the productivity crowd. i’ve tweaked the idea into a…
The Thin Veil Between Revenge and Justice
blogger’s note: on my train ride home from London, i started watching Halo on Netflix. i’ve never played the game, but I knew of it. one line about the thin line between justice and revenge…
The Inner Life: Intellectual Activity as a Natural Good
In a world that often measures value in terms of productivity and tangible outcomes, the life of the mind can seem like an indulgence, something reserved for scholars, professionals, or those with the luxury of…
Geranium: The Scent of Balance and Renewal
Sunday mornings are made for slow rituals. The scent drifts through the room in delicate waves, curling into the corners, wrapping around the edges of the morning like a soft shawl. Geranium—earthy, floral, steady—fills the…
Why Don’t the Dead Speak?
We’ve been waiting. For centuries, we’ve held séances, whispered into mirrors, and left tape recorders running in empty rooms. We’ve built entire religions around the promise that death is not the end, that something lingers…
Good Day to Die Reflection
Yesterday, I had a conversation with a friend about the unrelenting passage of time and how, as we age, we often perceive ourselves as running out of time, a sentiment that is actually true. The…
Neural Alchemy: The Art of Self-Remixing
We’ve been sold a lie about change. They tell us it’s effort, discipline, a slow climb toward “betterment.” They frame transformation as incremental self-improvement, as though the mind were a machine that needs regular maintenance,…
Christopher Hyatt Unfiltered: A Journey into Power, Control, and the Mind
Christopher S. Hyatt was never one for pleasantries. In this unedited interview, we get Hyatt raw—opinionated, cynical, brilliant, and utterly unwilling to sugarcoat his worldview. It’s a rare artifact of a man who positioned himself…
society hates the price of its own progress
There’s a pattern that repeats itself throughout history: society craves innovation, yet when it arrives, we recoil from its consequences. We want progress—until we see the price tag. I’ve been thinking about this a lot…
staring into the eye of the Buddha
There are moments that don’t fit neatly into language. Experiences that slip through the cracks of meaning, resisting all attempts to pin them down. I had one of those moments recently—a moment that stretched me…
saving the soul of mankind
Terence McKenna once said, “The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind.” A bold claim, maybe even grandiose, but is it true? And if so, how does an artist—whether a writer, painter, musician,…
Awakening the Daimon: A Guide to Inner Power
There’s an ancient presence that’s been calling to you for as long as you can remember. It’s not a god, not a muse, not a guardian angel, yet it carries whispers of all three. The…
The Existential Chaos Magician
Seeing Through the Illusion There comes a moment of clarity, a crack in the illusion if you will, where everything you’ve been taught about life, society, and meaning suddenly seems arbitrary. The rules, the expectations,…
soulcruzer theme song
I’ve been experiementing with AI-generated music, and the results have been pretty cool for what it is. The level of quality you can get from AI-powered music tools is mind-blowing. Lately, I’ve been playing with…