Call and response. The sound of me responding to the early morning alarm. Dreams interrupted. Darkness greeting me. The dog ready to go (only to be asleep again in half an hour). I love the productivity of mornings but not the whip of the alarm. I dread that time of the year when the days turn, when light comes later, when the days are shortened. Bring back the height of … [Read more...]

Fact is if you train long enough, or do anything long enough, including writing, you are going to have one of these days. More than likely you will have several of these days. At first, this day will appear like any other day really. Stretching and chatting with team mates before class, breezing through the warm up, drilling the technique. Then it's time to spar. Then before you know … [Read more...]

Is it the world's oldest story? Rags to riches... ...to asshole. At what point does the dream shift from art to ego? Or a suitcase full of cash? Our culture has become one of celebrating the sell outs, those who posture and pose, those who swagger and swear, to reach the ultimate goal: the payout. All eyes on the braggarts, the insulters, the shiny-suited mofos in their rented … [Read more...]

There's this concept in exercise called Greasing the Groove. Let's say you want to do 10 pull ups. But you can't. How do you approach getting to that goal of 10 pull ups. One approach is the steady linear approach. Over time, you start with what you can say a set of 5 pull ups, then you try to increase the work, whether by doing two sets of 5, or a set of 6. Reaching a point of failure … [Read more...]

Instead of spending my early mornings putting down a thousand words per day on a story, I am stuck on two words. Two damned words. The title of my upcoming fantasy book. Two words should be easy. Right? After all it's only two freaking words. This is the third day in a row of combinations of two words, sometimes three, rarely four. I want someone else to swoop in here on white … [Read more...]

Website slow loading. Waiting on hold. But also, more importantly, a few words shared. Common ideas that bridge the divide between you and me. As artists, we are in our heads, our bodies forgotten, except when unwinding from tortured positions. But we can connect. Because even if our struggles are different, they are the same. Connect with other artists, With the … [Read more...]