Many of us including myself want a break, from the rush, the striving, the endless work. We think we can only find it if we get our inboxes to zero, that is to complete all the tasks and projects we have. So there is nothing left to do, we can then sit back and relax. […]
Are you on the Right Path?
I often ask myself if what I’m doing is the right thing. I have only so much time and I want to use it wisely. Is art my way forwards, and if so what type of art? Would I do better leaving my job to become a full time artist? Is writing more my forte? […]
You don’t have to know what you’re doing all the time
Am I just wasting my time? Is there something better I could be doing? Oh shiny,! maybe I should be doing this instead? I don’t know where I’m going with this… I’ve had many doubts about what I should do with my life. Last year I seemingly had an Existential crisis every month. These questions […]
The Insidious idea of Perfection
“I’m never going to be good enough”. Sometimes I just can’t shake that feeling. Ashamed of who I am, flawed, weak, shy, introvert. Not like the people who have it together, the happy people. You know the ones who are relaxed in their own skin. In short I wasn’t perfect and I knew it. My […]
What is meant by ‘Map’ in ‘Map vs territory?
‘I don’t know where the artificial stops and the real starts’ Andy Warhol In the post The Map is not the Terrain I explain why our ideas about reality are not reality, yet here I wanted to unpack what is meant by Map, in the Map vs Territory dichotomy. Below it outlines what encompass the […]
Suffering: From Ignorance to Awareness
‘Our life is what our thoughts make it’ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations To find happiness, we have to deal with the suffering we experience. I used to suffer badly with anger and loneliness. Angry, I would get so angry. I was alone and hurting. I looked out at the world with a glare, feeling as if […]