Category: Articles of Absurdia

“When someone tells you not to bother dreaming, they’re not on your side.” – Jami Attenberg, I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home In her poignant memoir, “I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home,” Jami Attenberg pens a compelling quote: “When someone tells you not to bother […]

For April 14th, I reflect on a humble milestone: the birthday of Anne Sullivan, noted by Patti Smith in her “Book of Days” as a beacon of resilience and transformation. The architect of miracles for the blind Helen Keller, Anne is memorialized not simply for her achievement of leading Helen “out of the darkness,” but […]

When we think of adulting, we usually imagine the difficult things: paying bills, finding well-paying jobs, and settling down. But, in reality, adulting is much more about living your life to the fullest and making your dreams come true. It’s about making a difference in this world, whether it’s through charity work, starting your own […]

For years, I wore my heart on my sleeve. It was obvious when I’d have a bad day. It didn’t seem to be worth the energy to even bother to hide how I really felt. But, it made people become quite leery of me. I was a ticking time bomb about to explode. Still, I tried […]

Many things I’ve penned in the past have had a pessimistic tinge to them. This was honestly because many verses and essays I’ve written were meant as critical observations and meditations over present-day crises. Chief among these many crises is the inability for so many of us to get over ourselves and our own petty […]

In my early teenage years, when the corridors of high school echoed with a disharmonious mixture of ambition and uncertainty, a hidden gift lay dormant within me. Wrapped in the silken folds of trepidation, I harbored the power to conjure syllables and form wonders of wordplay. Yet, I kept this writing talent shrouded, like a […]

As someone who has written on thousands of subjects in many different niches over the years, I’ve amassed quite a writing archive. It occurred to me recently that I wasn’t sure what was worthy of carrying forward into my present. Tending to be one to go down rabbit holes on a whim, I started digging […]

While I’ve been writing professionally for more than a decade, I have written mostly as what is known as a ghostwriter. That is, someone who has ghostwritten articles and website copy. When you think about writers—or just about anyone who creates something from scratch—it’s natural to expect their process to start with an idea and […]

Human history is made up of a vibrant cavalcade of ideas, like an undulating river transporting us to the shores of enlightenment and the caverns of ignorance in equal measure.These ideas, molded in time and tempered by circumstance, have shaped the contours of our collective story as they evolve and transform with each passing year. […]