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surviving the commute of creativity

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Jim Dalling
Jan 06, 2024
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Where is all of this going anyway?

That’s really the point I guess.

Riding a bike, surfboard, horse or a sled pulled by a team of crows requires two things - intention and attention. We need to intend to move. We need to intend to go somewhere - even if the somewhere is merely around in a circle

Funny enough, most of our movement seems to involve going around in circles. For now though, let’s leave the circles alone. Perhaps I’ll circle back and write about this later. Yeah. Once I get a-round to it. Don’t worry, the jokes will keep coming. I promise. What’s more? These are the best I have. The rest will likely be worse.

In addition to the intention to go somewhere, riding / driving requires attention.

Most of life is better when conducted with a bit of intention and attention. These allow us to face the tension that happens when failure frogs live next to our dreams and desires.

Ordinary fools expect to go with the flow. That’s fine when things are flowing freely. Other times, when we’…

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