I want to walk into ready-made happiness, ready-made loveliness, ready-made excitement. I want to live in a place with good architecture and interesting, smart people. When asked where I live, I want to feel pride of place.
Remembering That There’s An Adjacent Possible Can Make Your Chronic Ozurie Easier To Handle
I actually think this is what makes artists artists: we look for the adjacent possible in everything.
Do What You Want To Do
Concerns about making a ton of money, achieving fame or notoriety, or making it big in your industry—concerns you have at 50, aren’t important at 70.
Inspired By In February 2024
Tomorrow is the 20th Anniversary of the opening of Main Street Yoga. I have spent the past few days trying to draft a letter to my mailing list, struggling to express what their support has meant to me all these years.
Rothko Exhibit. Paris. 2024
As we left Gallery 5 and headed into 6 (of 11), I asked Em, “How’s it going?” “It’s a lot,” she said. It was a lot. It was a lot the way meditating two hours straight would be a lot. In fact, every time I stepped in front of a canvas, I heard Sam Harris … Continue reading Rothko Exhibit. Paris. 2024
In The Nap Room At The Airport
I am in the Detroit airport waiting for my flight to Paris. It’s a 10 hour layover so G booked me 4 hours in a nap room. They’re called “Minute Suites.” It’s basically a closet with a desk, a banquette to sleep on and a door that closes so you can get a break from … Continue reading In The Nap Room At The Airport
It Was A Party Without A Picture
But if someone had thought to take a picture, the picture-taking could have broken the moment Because taking a photo involves freezing, posing, then smiling. For the future. For your FB memories. For TimeHop.
Being Vulnerable Is Showing Up
I must learn that I can’t hide when I’m sick and only show up when I’m not. That’s not being authentic. That’s not being fully present.
Inspired By In January 2024
I watched two movies this month: My Dinner with Andre(I watched it on MAX), which I watch every January, some years siding with Andre, other years with Wally, and using the character I feel more aligned with as a predictor for the year ahead.
I’ve Got Something to Celebrate
In one way, I am sad that it has taken me this long to understand myself: what I want to do and who I am. And in another way, I am excited to launch a new writing project in a few weeks, one more in alignment with who I am as a writer and a person.
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