As 2025 closed out, I sorted through a few images from my retired blog. The handiwork of Darryl Moland, a revered art director at Southern Living, Cooking Light, and other publications popped up. He had the rare gift to create something lovely that reminded us to treasure the time we have.
Category: Creativity
Creative Flow Takes You off the Clock—into the Infinite
I wrote this letter to a colleague who dedicated years to writing a novel. It was not easy. When you chase something meaningful while navigating daily existence, you feel time’s tick. Yet there are moments when we slip wholly into creative flow that frees us to step out of time and connect with something greater.
Fortunate Fall: An Angel Plunges into Finitude Just for Love
In the film Wings of Desire, an angel perches on buildings that tower over Berlin. Seeing the world only in black and white, he listens to the stream of human thought driven by the spectrum of emotions. Without interfering, except for leaning in to express empathy, he documents earthly existence until taking the plunge to become human.
Starting the Day with an Offer of Loving-kindness
I remember a time when I started the day seizing on the news cycle or my to-do list for work. However, exploring what’s behind anxiety and depression, I shifted my before-dawn routine to quiet time. Settling into a meditative practice has taken years. I discovered the loving-kindness approach and never looked back.
Taking the creative leap may jump you to new places
Part of being a writer is facing rejection and waking up the next day to try again. I spent a few years submitting to literary journals—with poems accepted and rejected. But I kept taking the leap until I built up a collection and Madville Publishing accepted it. If you’re a creative, embrace your vulnerability and jump in.