The impulse to pick up my phone, slide it on, and mindlessly gaze at its illuminated screen is sometimes overpowering for me. So is the desire to open an internet browser when I’m trying to write. These actions are as automatic and unconscious as my daughter pulling a lock of Read More
Month: April 2017
Writing in the Cracks
I’ve seen different versions of this story circulating around the internet for years. I’m not sure who originally wrote it, but I’ve been thinking about it recently and how it pertains to writing. Here is my version: One day, as students walked into a philosophy class, their professor assembled a Read More