Using the right words to define reality is so important. It sounds kind of dumb, right? No kidding, Einstein. But try this: next time you go to a restaurant and they ask you if you want a table or a booth, say “sure, a tree sounds good.”

We lost a family member this week, our little cat, Hope.

This week, some things out of my control contributed to me feeling like I had lost control of the things which were in my control, and I vastly underperformed my own expectations.

The struggle of choosing to be a sacred or secular artist is one that is grounded in the assumption that what makes you a whole person makes you an unholy person. This is so, so false.

Ira Glass ‘On Creativity’ video by Samuel Cernuto