About My Art: Why I Strive For Quality Over Quantity
For me, it’s not just about selling my art, or making money; It’s about my work being an extension of...
Contemplation: Different Types or Levels of Rock-Bottom?
I’ve hit what I considered to be “rock bottom” a few times in my life. The first time, I was...
Why I Always Pick Up Pennies
After failing badly, then having the chance to turn it all around, picking up pennies has become my ritual of...
Contemplation: Self Acceptance & Working With Confidence
The following passage in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" really resonated with me, thought I'd share...
VIDEO: How the Selfie Phenomenon is Redefining Beauty
Today, our “selfies” are flooding into the world, for all to see—and real, true beauty is making a comeback—and it’s...
Contemplation: The Spiritual Journey, or Self-Actualization
The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination...The finding of God is a coming to one's...
St. Thomas Aquinas: 16 Precepts for Acquiring the Treasure of Knowledge
The renowned letter from St. Thomas Aquinas to Brother John, wherein he lists 16 precepts for acquiring the treasure of...
Amazon Isn’t Threatening to Drive Publishers & Bookstores Out of Business—Authors & Readers Are
I originally wrote this article back in 2014, but it’s been one of my more popular articles, and since the...
The Benefits of Chuckfests
Choosing carefully where we expend our mental energy is important in optimizing our lives—and ridding our lives of as much...
Stories: Such Timid Little Creatures
Stories are like highly sensitive, timid little creatures; during times of stress and chaos and insecurity, etc., they all run...
The Law of Love & The Law of Violence by Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy states that the true Christian doctrine consists only in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life,...
