Category Archives: Myth

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 […]

WEEDS

Nick Nolte did not have it this good. Think about it. Weeds. Growing, adapting, and developing at a breakneck pace. Some of the greatest diversity and hardiness in your yard, forest, or garden is coming from those things you cannot seem to shake. Your prized flowers and foods wilt after a few days with no […]

Why dance?

From all the tweeting and all the talk and all the writing, you may have known about a certain fundraiser on May the 4th. I agreed, about a year ago, at the coaxing of several past contestants that I would compete. We would all compete and go toe-to-toe, as it were, in the dance fundraising […]

Pedagogy and its Discontents pt.2, Lead me where?

“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement–that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.” Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents Let us not make any bones about the situation. The […]