Sometimes, people worry so much about what they aren’t doing, that the things they need to do never get done.

The precarious brink of war: the outcome of choosing blood over love — A response to escalating global tensions — What happens when the world is thrown into upheaval? When mandatory conscription rips crying children from weeping mothers, to return as a ribbon or grim imitation of a beloved son? What has war taught us? The answers lie in six foot holes in the ground. A slab of marble and…

Tracing a Holocaust Survivor’s Shift in Faith — All quotes are taken directly from “Night” by Elie Wiesel. Before reading this, I highly recommend reading Night. It is a breathtaking work and the context of my work leans heavily on Elie Wiesel’s. Humankind likes to pretend that it is hard. Harder than rock; harder than steel. The problem is that humankind does not learn from its mistakes. Hard…

From shallow to deep and back again — I remember the day I stopped seeing colour. One day the sky was blue, and the next… A slate grey. Food; trees; books; buildings; all bleached of their vibrance. The loss didn’t hit me until I noticed people’s eyes. Varying shades of grey, all looking down at me. Pitying me. Judging…

“Be the flame, not the moth.” — Giacomo Casanova — It is my immense pleasure to present a topic that plays a tremendous role in keeping me sane. It is a topic that, I believe, everyone experiences in one form or another. I breathe it. Matthew Inman once wrote that “…creativity is like breathing. When you make stuff, you’re exhaling…

Embracing this Mindset will Allow You to Regain Control of Your Life — Don’t cry over spilled milk. That is the mantra I repeat to myself daily. When I wake up, and throughout the course of the day, inadvertently screw something up; “don’t cry over spilled milk.” Because that’s life. You’re going to screw something up. That bad thing is going to happen. …