I’m a zombie from a week of drinking too much and eating pizza. So it was actually easier to just get started and paint because I don’t care about anything. I feel like I did job capturing the expression and…
Monthly Archives: June 2021
I’ve Learned Some More About The Narrative Self
Like that what we called The Narrative Self is officially known as Narrative Psychology. And something I’d been struggling to articulate was that there’s a positive and negative version of the narrative self. Which it turns out is professionally known…
Posted in Depression & Suicide, Pragmatism
What I Read This Month
I gotta make a note here: I need to start vetting the books I’m gonna read. Because I just grab stuff that seems interesting and I think I’ll struggling through a weak book once in a while rather than talk…
Posted in books
On Suicide And Fairness
I still think about suicide frequently. From a mostly detached, philosophical point of view. I remember when Chris Cornell killed himself and Jocko was on Joe Rogan. They both said they didn’t really understand, neither of them had ever thought…
Posted in Depression & Suicide
A Joyless Gratitude
The Importance of gratitude is a cultural cliche now. Gratitude and Mindfulness have become to happiness as communication is relationships – Everyone knows “Gratitude” is the correct answer when questioned but they’ve really just pasted the word over how they…
Posted in Depression & Suicide, Pragmatism
Yesterday’s Painting (Is It A Drag Queen? You Don’t Know)
The first time I did this reference it looked like Eddie Izzard while this rendition felt a lot like James Corden. More so when the eyes were wonky but I’ve gotten a little better in the last few days at…
Posted in Painting
Today’s Painting (A Successful-ish Attempt To Fix Something Going Wrong)
So I was working and working and thought this was going well… until I took a step back and it was just derp eyes on a potato face. So I decided to see if I could totally paint over one…
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The Danger Of Memories
There’s an on-going conversation, a full-on forever conversation, about The Narrative Self. And this is the latest part of that conversation. Because on the one hand I think a person should live their life as a story they want to…
Posted in Depression & Suicide, Pragmatism
Yesterday’s Painting (Everything Turned Out Kinda Spooky)
Plus, first photos with new phone! Still struggling to capture the smallness of face details in this one but those hands are far and away the best she’s ever had. The proportions of the arm are probably also top of…
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Today’s Painting (Two Benchmark Classics That Are Not Getting Better)
Fuck, there is nothing worth saying. So this is today’s Smoking Guy: This is the 9th rendition. Let’s look at any highlights from the past: The count for this reference is a mess because I included times I practiced just…
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