These days, my son enjoys making jigsaw puzzles. But he does so his own way. Instead of putting the pieces exactly as they should be, he'll be content with the pieces fitting into each other which ever way. He doesn't mind that the image then makes no sense whatsoever. I know this may seem entirely […]
moreThose of you who are in the mood for something a little more substantial – here's a short story I wrote. Download The Art Room
moreI've been wondering: where can I find myself a sound-proof, bullet-proof type rectangular shaped box which would be all mine, and mine only. A place to go to and shut the world out at times I need to shut the world out. Where nobody contradicts me or misunderstands me. Where nobody even reacts to me, […]
moreI never explained what happened in the storyline of my son not sleeping. It's always that way, we only talk when life is in a crisis. When things go well in our personal lives and with our health, we forget to mention it. We never drop by a sister's home in the middle of the […]
moreMy stats rocketed yesterday and I have no idea why. Perhaps the word 'procrastination' has people thinking of sexual activities. Anyway – one of my fellow classmates filmed our flamenco class yesterday. She emailed us a quicktime file this morning. It's quite an eyeopener to see yourself from behind. And to learn that even though […]
moreA first meeting with your publisher about a work-in-progress novel is about as daunting as it can get. This feeling of anxiety seems commonplace among people who are ambitious or perfectionists or whatever you'd like to call it. Over the years I've heard a surprising amount of succesful lawyers, artists, researchers, actors, professors describe this […]
moreAll right, time for action. So I decided 'to break a sweat' to exorcise the snot that has somehow possessed my body and mind. I put on my running shoes and ran like nobody's business. I ran and ran and ran until my ass tingled, my lungs burned and my legs gave way. And guess […]
moreI've resisted temptation to post an actual account of what happened today. Let me leave it at this: we all know it's wise not to set one's expectations too high. Today I was reminded it's even wiser to not have any expectations at all, let alone for them to be high. There are different reactions […]
moreAll right, this is going to come across as navelgazing so don't say I didn't warn you in advance. The thing that's most surprising about writing is how people feel they know everything about you when they've read your work. I suppose I understand why. In general, people take what has been printed on a […]
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