Absolutes, preached as gospel, still pushes my buttons. Unhealthy language easily spills over into other parts of our lives if left unchecked. A review of Julian Lennon’s debut album, Valotte sparked these thoughts. First, let’s roll with an contextual…
Disconnection is the big one. The central fracture that creates more misery in the mind than almost anything else in this messy thing called human relationships. It is difficult as hell to understand what people want. That difficulty alone generates…
Some questions cut back. They keep returning, century after century, generation to generation. They will stalk us as long as we are human and still failing at being it. Even when the machines rule, the dead walk, the stars swallow…
I was in a crowd. We were being herded like sheep. Maybe not. Maybe sheep got better treatment. I remember military intake with a clarity I wish I had for the rest of my life. Funny how the moments that…
I once wrote about my disappointment with the chrome-polished platitudes on LinkedIn, the shiny universal “truths” recycled inside an echo chamber where everyone nods at everything. Eventually I nuked my old account. Deleted years of baggage, years of pretending, years…
Have you ever contemplated suicide? Not planned it, not obsessed over it, but contemplated it? Do you often label yourself as “lost,” or “broken?” How “lonely” are you? Sunday mornings, do they become dreaded signposts, informing you that anxiety will…
You don’t need to believe in anything to be here. Not hope. Not healing. Not even yourself. Mattlr.com: This isn’t a shrine to self-improvement. This is a field tent. Mud on the floor. Bandages are everywhere. Masks serve no purpose…
Some finally reach the Guru at the top of the mountain. Drained, almost dying, only to hear, “Sorry, Guru Services are closed due to heavy snowfall. Or, merch is now available in all T-shirt sizes. Buy some. The Guru now…
“My gift is eviscerating idiots with words that cut until they bleed in the corner of their mother’s basement!” That was Dan’s claim to fame, one of many loud, self-inflated boasts from a man who imagined himself striding among the…
The Death of Connection Song lyrics become a battlefield, filled with collective despair that torpedoes the illusion of connection. We sing along to heartbreak anthems, breakup ballads, hopeless fantasies, because singing the chorus is easier than facing the silence alone.…