Category Archives: Expertise

Bind Ambition; a rant

Ambition is the last refuge of failure. ~Oscar Wilde Hungry. Restless. Itchy. It is in your bones. You have it or you do not. I am not trying to mystify any constructs here, I am getting to the heart of the matter. Motivation. Ambition. You are always doing what you are motivated to do. For […]

Sink Swim or Fight?

It’s been almost ten years since I began training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and today it hit me. I need to decide to get better or I need to quit. I get into physical things–no matter what they are–in the spirit of Steve Prefontaine. At first it may be curiosity, or frugality (I do a […]

Supporting creativity Pt. 8

This is the end. Beautiful friend. This is the end. My only friend, the end. This evening finding myself writing the last of my posts in this series. Finding myself. Finding myself writing. Finding myself. My relationship with dance has been pervasive and thorough. Filling. Fulfilling. Every aspect of it soup to nuts. I love […]

Supporting creativity Pt. 7

Learn a language. Learn a lot of them. There are some words that are far too weak to use and require reconsideration. Other languages have much better words. They sound better. More accurate. Beautiful. Hear them and wonder why we have to even translate. So many borrowed words already, what’s a few more? Several years […]