Bullet: observation

of peaks and valleys.

I’m in a bit of a valley right now. I’ll admit, the daily drawing has resulted in a few recent pics that I haven’t been in a rush to upload and post. Anyone who reads more than a page or two on this site will know that I’m not a professional, but rather a guy

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re: the renaissance man.

The term “renaissance man” is one of those labels that someone is not allowed to give themselves, I think. A renaissance man is a term for someone (man or woman, I think, gender identity aside) who cultivates a broad and expansive interests and expertise in many areas, creating a skillset that reaches into both diverging

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on daily surprise.

It may be a surprise to learn that when I wake up each morning during these daily efforts of drawing or writing or whatever, I don’t actually have a plan. The point of daily effort is sometimes the emergent nature of the effort itself. For example, today I had no idea (as usual) what to

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on kudos.

Having support from other people, positive words of encouragement, or other kinds of thumbs up for your efforts is nice, but you can’t rely on it. Sometimes people get jealous of the things you are able to achieve, or are envious that you are able to achieve something they cannot. Sometimes people just aren’t in

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on defining purpose.

For over five months I ran this website as a simple collection of a few medium-length blog posts. Then, about three weeks ago, I decided to add a bunch of new features: this daily blog, a gallery of my sketches, and some space for creative writing. It went from very simple, to moderately complex, and

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