On Prisoners and Dilemmas

It’s always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don’t make changes, don’t risk disapproval, don’t upset your syndics. It’s always easiest to let yourself be governed. There’s a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your... Continue Reading →

Ponderosa Elegy

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future. —Bertrand Russell Based on some readers’ responses to... Continue Reading →

Stop Hoping. Start Living.

Note: Making income as an independent artist has never been easy, and times of turmoil such as this make an artist's life even less predictable. Inconvenient as it is for me to ask, if you find value in my work please consider pledging even as little as $2 a month to support my work and this... Continue Reading →

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