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Living Through the AI Revolution: Reflections on Creativity, Balance, and the Modern Gold Rush

A poetic reflection on living through a technological revolution, this entry explores the rapid transformation brought by AI, the allure and risks of innovation, and the search for meaning and balance amid accelerating change. Blending personal contemplation with meditations on design, creativity, and the abstractions of modern life, it offers an intimate snapshot of the present moment at the edge of possibility.

Handwriting as Meditation: Sourcing Creativity Through Flow, Breath, and Rhythm

A meditative reflection on the practice of handwriting as a gateway into the subconscious. This stream-of-consciousness journal entry explores the inner mechanics of creativity, the discipline of returning to the page, and the mystery of sourcing original thought through rhythm, breath, and presence. Written at the turn of a season, it’s a poetic tracing of movement, inertia, and meaning-making in real time.

Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer

A Wild Ride Through Travel, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery. Some travel books are about the places, others about the people.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Few books have inspired as many readers worldwide as The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. First published in 1988, this novel blends philosophy, mysticis...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Few novels capture the complexity of human ambition, social class, and personal redemption like Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Originally pub...

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The controversy about this book and Mineko Iwasaki the geisha whom the author had interviewed intrigued me to want to read her autobiography Geisha...

Peace in Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hanh

I recently reread this book on a flight during a family trip. It allowed me to see things from a different perspective and was just the wisdom I wa...

On Writing by Stephen King

Some books about writing are technical manuals, others are deeply personal. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is a rare fusion of b...

Mining the Mind: Freewriting, Creativity, and the Relentless Pursuit of Ideas in the Ocean of Time

Turning Thought into Ink: A Writer’s Reflection on Craft, Habit, and Creative Flow

Unlocking Creative Flow: What Happens When You Write Without Stopping?