Overview: In this solo episode (ep 147), Adam Williams refers to Richard Rohr’s (and Carl Jung’s) spiritual philosophy of the two halves of life. Adam talks about his internal struggles as a creator and human with the external validations and gatekeepers we’re socialized to obey. (Released on podcast on June 20, Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 145), Adam Williams shares his failed attempt at collaboration with ChatGPT, and his fear that getting a Nintendo would be the death of his family. (Released on podcast on May 11, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 145 SHOW NOTES, LINKS & TRANSCRIPT Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 144), Adam Williams relates the shared DNA of he and his son’s habits of thinking time. (Released on podcast on May 4, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 144 SHOW NOTES, LINKS & TRANSCRIPT Connect with Adam Williams Humanitou on Instagram: @humanitou About Adam Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 142), Adam Williams considers the phrase “life practice” and why it’s not more widely used in society. He considers how honoring the process of practicing at life creates space for learning, compassion and evolution. (Released on podcast on Mar. 15, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and Read more…
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 work. I dig lists. Functionally and creatively. These weekly roundups are an experimental extension of Read more…
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 – these are the actions to be taken to attain Yoga.” ~ Sharon Gannon, Jivamukti Yoga Read more…
Because of my unexpected dive into the poetic ocean of Vuong this morning, which I wrote about separately from what follows here (Read “A Revelation: Ocean Vuong”), my curiosity carried me into the jaws of Google, where rabbit holes tangled and infinite can pull me in like black holes that Read more…
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 years, the name Ocean Vuong has seeped into my mind here and there. It was Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 141), Adam Williams reflects on a line poet Jorie Graham gave in a recent interview in The New Yorker and digs into his own mission of self-expression. (Released on podcast on Feb. 28, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 141 SHOW NOTES, LINKS Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 140), Adam Williams adds to his occasional series, “A Poet Was There,” and features poet Brian Turner and work from his first collection, “Here, Bullet” (2005). He also reads three of Turner’s poems from that book, including the title poem. (Released on podcast Read more…
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 to enjoy list making and have been fascinated by list-oriented creative projects I’ve seen by Read more…
Overview: In this episode (ep 136), Adam Williams weaves stories of his two young sons throwing head locks and left hooks, and finding confidence amid their tears and rage, with his own challenges as a boy raised to never fight.(Released on podcast on Feb. 11, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP Read more…
Overview: In this episode (ep 134), Adam Williams takes a positive life practice from David Choe and his Choe Show podcast. 5-3-1 … That’s five gratitudes, three things to work on today, and one positive thing about yourself. (Released on podcast on Feb. 5, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP Read more…
Overview: In this episode (ep 135), Adam Williams shares his approach to self-expression, including as a podcaster. It’s about self-study and facing fears, putting life questions and the things he thinks he thinks, for now, into the sunlight to see what’s what. (Released on podcast on Feb. 7, 2023) Also Read more…
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 feels necessary. It feels like I must push on in all the ways I feel Read more…
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 and sharing by others. Here, I’m exploring the value of sharing a collected summary of Read more…
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 raved and raved about it. She was on a mountain high that lasted into the Read more…
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 my work to be great, but even that can be a tough sell, to myself Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 133), Adam Williams steps further into self-honesty. He deviates from his usual Humanitou focus on creative expression, spirituality and so on with a semi-rant, airing some truths he feels in this era of fantastic social and political mindfuckery. He’s also been making some Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 132), Adam Williams shares the pure gold of what we’ve been looking for and a way to get there, amid his reflections on Maya Angelou’s line, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” (Released Read more…