Tag: Optimism and failure
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The Tragic Tale of the Nuclear Boy Scout: A Condemnation of Mediocrity and Society’s Blindness to Greatness
David Hahn, known as the “Nuclear Boy Scout,” was a figure of tragic contradiction: a young man whose brilliance should have made him a beacon of innovation, yet who instead became a cautionary tale about the cost of neglect and society’s inability to nurture extraordinary talent. Hahn’s story is not merely about a teenager tinkering… Read more
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Meaning is in the Hands of the Beholder
There’s something transformative about art. As creators, we spend countless hours breathing life into our work, obsessing over details, and imagining how it will resonate with readers. But something magical happens when it leaves our hands and meets the world. It becomes something new—something more—because every reader brings their own experiences, emotions, and perspective to… Read more
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Literary Deflation
Did You Know? It’s recommended to use subheadings to make articles easier to read. Yet for some writers, the very idea feels like spoon-feeding an intelligent audience. It’s as though simplicity, designed to engage, has become a constraint on expression. Write to Your Reader’s Level? A common piece of advice in writing is to “write… Read more
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Risk
The current definition of languor generally includes: A state of feeling tired or relaxed – usually in a pleasant or dreamy way. This sense emphasizes calm, ease, or a gentle indolence, often without any urgency. A lack of energy or vitality – referring to a weariness or fatigue that can feel unmotivated or sluggish, sometimes… Read more
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To Trudge
A quote from one of my guilty pleasure movies that might get me judged but I love it anyway:“To trudge: The slow, weary, depressing, yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in his life except the impulse to simply soldier on.”~ Lilium inter spinas, or rather, Geoffrey Chaucer, A Knight’s Tale. Today,… Read more
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Caging Ghosts and Freeing Souls: A Journey Through the Hippocampus
I know I authored a novel about a haunted house, but for me, the ghosts are in my mind. There are some truly terrifying parts of my mind that grab me as I walk past. They began manifesting later in life after I felt like I should be in the most control of my mind… Read more