Theme for Spring

Creativity

“You can’t use up creativity.
The more you use,
the more you have.”
― Maya Angelou

  • Last Words

    Jack began to think the wound was superficial because there was no pain. Sure, there was pain when the knife went in, sharp and cold, but now there was nothing. He was numb. Sleep. That was all that was needed, [...]

  • All That Road Going: Kerouac & A Driving Beat

    On my 16th birthday, my brother gave me a copy of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and it changed my life forever. Not really. It would be nice if it did. If life worked that way, like a movie, all [...]

  • A Nothing Day: Comic Books, Video Games & Graveyards

    I wheeled the bike from the garage and took a deep breath. It was the start of the lull week that happened every summer. The week when every kid I knew was off at camp and I was on my [...]

  • The Faraway Lands

    My first trip to the Faraway Lands came through a Magical Box and was quite unexpected. It happened when I was seven years old and grounded. Now, to my knowledge, there are three ways to get to the Faraway Lands. [...]

  • Illustrating Nightmares: Lounge Lizards by Ralph Steadman

    To say that Ralph Steadman has a distinctive style is a bit of an understatement. Primarily an illustrator and cartoonist, Steadman started his career in the 1960s and soon established himself as a counter-culture icon [...]

  • Otherworldly Reflection: MC Escher’s Puddle

    M.C. Escher created Puddle in 1952. It is a woodcut that depicts a simple scene - a puddle in the middle of an unpaved path through the woods. The path is muddy, you can see footprints heading in both directions [...]