I’ve often wondered why, in our society, controversial so often means ‘good’. You see it in visual art . . . now call me snobby, or call me uneducated, or call me whatever you want, but from my perspective a lot of modern art is ‘art’ because it has, in
Keep Reading ... →Today has been one of those days when my brain feels like it has a filter over it, a dusty, dirty, headache inducing filter. I’ve tried a few topics to write about and felt as if they all would be forced if I carried on. I spent the day in
Keep Reading ... →. . . although it may be difficult. I remember back in my teen angst years when I spent hours and hours . . . and hours alone in my room writing. Now some of this was ridiculously horrible, angst infused poetry but some of it wasn’t. Some of it
Keep Reading ... →We all have our fears. Those things that make us squirm or quiver, act in irrational ways, or that cripple us. Some of those fears are very valid and understandable – the fear of death for example. Even if that’s not a fear of yours you probably would never scoff
Keep Reading ... →You hear all this talk about writer’s block. It’s a common phenomenon that seems to plague pretty much every writer at some point in their lives – for most writers, at a lot of points in their lives. I don’t hear so much about editor’s block though . . .
Keep Reading ... →Over the past several years I’ve been hearing a lot about the law of attraction…I imagine you have too. And I’ve got to say, I’m skeptical of it. Extremely skeptical. I mean sure – it’s a great concept, I’d like it to be true, I’d like to believe it’s true. But at
Keep Reading ... →Prompted again by some readings in Peck‘s book I was thinking this morning about perspective and worldviews. In general our worldview probably lines up quite a bit with the dominant views of the culture we grew up in. A person from New Delhi is most likely going to have a worldview
Keep Reading ... →I’ve spent about five years of my life living more as a nomad than most people ever have the opportunity to. I’ve lived in 6 provinces, 4 countries, and travelled (sometimes extensively) through 10 others. Before I started these travels I always felt that until I had the chance to
Keep Reading ... →This past week the Halifax International Buskers Festival has been going on. After the past couple years of being at times awed, enthralled, engaged – but mostly bored and somewhat annoyed at the cause of my boredom, I had decided I would give myself a year off from it. With my niece
Keep Reading ... →My past five days have been incredibly busy. I’ve had my twelve year old niece visiting and, as this is the first time she’s ever come solo for a visit with me, I wanted to make sure she had the chance to have loads of fun and experience what Halifax
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