creating a way forward through uncertainty
Excerpt from Dept. of Speculation | Penguin Random House Canada
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My mother loved the stand-up comedian Phyllis Diller, who said that when the audience doesn't think you're funny, quit—simply do something else. There is nothing weaker than a painting that tries too hard. Do what comes easily. When it stops being fun, you’re doomed. If a painting sucks, I quit.
I put everything down and I go take a walk, or go eat
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the idea of writing as a collage. “a distillation of thoughts”
“What we need to do is say, “What’s the smallest, tiniest thing that I can master and what’s the scariest thing I can do in front of the smallest number of people that can teach me how to dance with the fear?” Once we get good at that, we just realize that it’s not fatal. And it’s not intellectually realize – we’ve lived something that wasn’t... See more
The Most Radical Therapy Tool You're Not Using
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