Author: Me
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2024 And I’m Still Not Quitting
“I want to be a scientist when I grow up.” I said with all the enthusiasm of a six year old. “Scientists are geniuses,” was the reply. “You’re smart, but you’re not a genius.” And so ended my desire to be a scientist. I was in music college where I was attending as a vocal…
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My Favorite Books of 2023
I enjoy writing these kind of posts. There’s just something about sharing a book that meant something to you or affected you in some way. These aren’t books that came out in 2023, though some might be, but rather books that I read in 2023. Favorite Non-Fiction Book We Took To the Woods by Louise…
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Leaving the Mountain, to Reach New Heights
My last blog post was six years ago and I just reread it this morning. Sometimes when you look back on old writing you can’t help but cringe a little at what your younger self wrote. In this case though, seeking a better balance between creating and consuming still resonated with me and was a…
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Consumption Versus Creation: The Ongoing Battle
Consume Less, Create More A couple months ago I was asked to do an interview for the Why Is That Important podcast to discuss Therapeutic Creativity. I had great time talking with hosts Joe Wenger and Andrew Martin about how creativity can be used as a means of personal therapy whether that creativity take the…
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Why Taylor Swift’s Return To Spotify Was Inevitable
Where It All Began When Taylor Swift announced in 2014 that she was pulling all of her music from streaming services I had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand it made sense. Streaming revenues in and of themselves in 2014 were not great and by making a big public spectacle out of her…