“‘Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.’ – Derek Sivers “There’s a funny story in John Richardson‘s biography A Life of Picasso. “Pablo Picasso was notorious for sucking all the energy out of the people he met. His granddaughter Marina claimed that he squeezed people like he squeezed one ofContinue reading “The Vampire Test”
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Hopefully this is the worst I’ll ever be
“Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough.” – Alain de Botton My mother commented “In 10 years when you review these, we pray you’ll not be mortified,” on my last post. As merciful and kind that sentiment is, Mama, I pray I am. I pray my mortification abounds.Continue reading “Hopefully this is the worst I’ll ever be”
Do it anyway doctrine
Three weeks ago I swam/body-surfed through a rain-swollen river with my friend, in a thunderstorm. We screamed and yelled and sang way out there amidst the rapids, perched on a pine log lodged between the rocks. I found myself at the mercy of a force beyond my control. I felt alive. Since then, I’ve startedContinue reading “Do it anyway doctrine”
I stabbed myself today.
Greetings from my hospital bed. I am ill-equipped to type anything at all after deleting my last two preposterous blog posts – from 2020, I think? God forbid you remember. And God forbid I ever get that impetuous again. It sends a cringe down my spine even the cat-sized spider I vacuumed up two nightsContinue reading “I stabbed myself today.”
Devin Leigh Snyder 