The Creative Brain on Drugs – Genius or Just Good Marketing?
A deep but honest dive into chemicals, creativity, and why the best ideas often come after midnight. The…
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AI Won’t Steal Your Job. But It Will Steal Your Excuses.
The AI panic is mostly about job loss. The real loss is more uncomfortable. AI is taking away…
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25 Writing Prompts to Break You Out of Your Head
Twenty-five real writing prompts I have actually used when stuck, organized by what kind of stuck you are.…
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Cats, Chaos & Creativity (Why Cats Make the Best Coworkers and Terrible Deadline Managers)
A working illustrator on why a cat in the studio is the best collaborator she's ever had, and…
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Love Poetry for Cynics and Daydreamers (Twelve Real Poems Worth Memorizing)
A working writer's reading list of love poems that survive cynicism and outlast romantic naïveté. Twelve real poems…
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Where Did the Third Place Go (And Why Are Young Men Dating Chatbots)
A deeply-researched essay on the collapse of third places, the AI companion boom, the male loneliness epidemic, and…
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I’m Thinking About Getting a Dinosaur Tattoo (And What That Says About Adult Aesthetic Decisions)
A short essay on standing in a tattoo shop wanting an extinct lizard on your forearm at 32,…
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I’ve been interested in the concept of the heterotopia for a while now, though I haven’t yet adequately…
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