Black Maw: A Short Story for Contentious Times
Originally written for the University of Michigan’s creative writing course, Black Maw draws inspiration from Greek mythology in an attempt to outline the dangers of our modern era.
Spiraling Upwards: A Poem on Being
A small poem written to explore the spiraling increase in complexity inherent to being.
A Creative Writing Exercise
Try out a creative writing exercise used in the University of Michigan’s Psych 443 (Creativity) course. It’s a great warm up for experience writers, or a novel experience for the creative-types in our community.
A Path and Ripples
We all are on a path. Pain is a motivator to put your path in contrast with your current position. Pain then allows you to correct and reconnect with the world. Connecting with others is how we make ripples. Make as many ripples as you can.
A Letter to Angelina
To Angelina,
It will take some time for me to become accustomed to this form of correspondence. I’ve seldom sent a letter; occasionally to provide a document to a requesting government bureaucracy, but nearly never for pleasure….