Category: Philosophy & Musings
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Musings
It isn’t luxury or fame that makes us happy, it’s meaning and purpose. Consequently, to make my writing relatable and exciting, I believe it must be built around a driving crisis that entices my protagonist to strive and overcome. That crisis has to ring so true that it jumps off the page and electrifies the…
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Musings
In those harrowing times when we must take a stand against the majority, competence and clarity become precious beyond measure, for they wield an authority that is much higher than one that’s born from gross consensus.
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Cover for Musings, Volume 1
Here’s the cover for Musings, Volume 1. I’m still working through the editing, almost done with the first pass. I plan two more passes, then I gotta wrangling the formatting into place so it looks decent. If all goes well, this will be out sometime in February.
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Musings
If we accept the premise that we’re all extensions of some all-encompassing, all-powerful divinity, then it goes to follow that we chose every triumph and every atrocity that arises in our lives. We would be responsible for every facet of our individual existences. So—if that premise is true—then our existence as limited beings would be…
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Musings
I believe stillness and aggressiveness are just tools, not ideals. What’s infinitely more important is to perceive the nuance/context of a given situation, so it becomes readily apparent which mode—calm, aggressiveness, focus, a wild, last-ditch effort—will propagate harmony and serve your aims.
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Musings
In order for me to get things done, it is necessary to create a behavioral hierarchy. Certain actions take priority over others. But in the eternal sense, the more I stretch time and culture into an infinite line that reaches out in either direction, it seems that individual actions give rise to results that are…
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Musings
Talent simplifies an activity. Training simplifies it even further. Critical thinking and honest assessment make sure it STAYS simple. It is not simplicity I seek, per se, but the capability to render complexity into simplicity, and the humility to keep it that way.
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Musings
As a writer, I have to grind it out day to day—draft and edit, draft and edit—until I’ve done the best I can (at that specific juncture in my writing journey) with my manuscript. A manuscript which, ironically, romanticizes (or omits) the day to day, and is an attempt to funnel any “grind” into a…
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Musings
When I see life as a game, I can account for the futility imposed on me by the vastness of time and space, and I can adjust my tempo in a fulfilling manner across all ranges of activity and intensity. When I see life as an idealized quest, I become stuck in a quagmire of…
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Musings
There are valid excuses for consistent failure. But consistent failure to learn from the same kind of mistakes? Not really.
Kent Wayne 