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We Reap What We Practice
I refer to life practices and creative practices often in my writings here and on the Humanitou podcast. Well, and everywhere else, too. Then this afternoon, I started to wonder how many of us use Read more…
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The Week’s Roundup of Doings (2/3/23)
As I said in the previous weekly roundups, I’ve been using a practice, “The Log Book of Doings,” as recognition of daily creative accomplishments and motivation to keep going in the various facets of my Read more…
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Self-Study Is The Point
tapaḥ-svādhyāyeśvara-praṇidhānāni kriyā-yogaḥ (PYS 2.1) “You must be fueled by a burning desire to continuously study the Self, which is only available in the present moment, and to devote your self wholly to this effort – Read more…
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Ocean Vuong, Again (& Studying at the Desk of ‘No’)
Because of my unexpected dive into the poetic ocean of Vuong this morning, which I wrote about separately from what follows here (Read “Ocean Vuong”), my curiosity carried me into the jaws of Google, where Read more…
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A Revelation: Ocean Vuong
Soon enough, or maybe not soon enough, Ocean Vuong will be centered in the occasional series I keep, “A Poet Was There.” I need time to read more, digest more, breathe. In the past several Read more…
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A Quote from Jorie Graham
“When they dig our poems up out of the rubble, we want them to know who we were, what consciousness was, but also how astounding and unimaginably infinite and mysterious life was.” – Jorie Graham, Read more…
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A Poet Was There: Brian Turner
Editor’s Note: This profile series called “A Poet Was There” highlights poets from around the world who through their verse convey the kind of intimacy, truth and connection with place and experience that only exists Read more…
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This Week’s Roundup of Doings (1/27/23)
As I said in the first of these weekly roundups, I’ve been using a new practice, “The Log Book of Doings,” as recognition of daily creative accomplishments and motivation to keep going. I also seem Read more…
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The Fight
When I heard the thumping and the bumping just on the other side of the door that stands between our utility-slash-laundry room and our garage, I went to see what was happening. More than two Read more…
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5-3-1 & Being Grateful with David Choe
I’ve been looking around for new and more podcasts to listen to. I most often gravitate toward conversational podcasts like the ones I host – Humanitou and We Are Chaffee: Looking Upstream – but I Read more…
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No One Else Has the Answers Either
I’ve come and gone from blogging over the years, and from sharing thoughts in solo episodes on the Humanitou podcast, in big part because I thought: “Who am I to share my thinkings? They are Read more…
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Pushing Into the Vast Space of Discomfort
It all feels so tentative this return to courage and voice through all the ways I create and express. (Listen/Read: “Back From Hiatus!” and “Humanitou Is Dead, Long Live Humanitou.”) It feels uncomfortable. It also Read more…
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The Week’s Roundup of Doings (1/20/23)
I’ve been using a new practice, “The Log Book of Doings,” as recognition of daily creative accomplishments and motivation to keep going. I also appreciate list making and have been fascinated by list-oriented creative projects Read more…
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In the Tracks of the 10th Mountain Division
I went to Ski Cooper, north of Leadville, Colo., for my first time today. Snowboarding. My wife, Becca, had gone to Cooper for her first time only a few days ago. She came home and Read more…
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Two Proofs I Am ‘A Great Man’
I came across two messages within minutes of each other last night, both speaking to qualities of being a great man. I can’t say that I’ve considered the greatness of my manness before. I want Read more…