Building the Architecture of Our Stories and Our Spirits
This week in the Cold we talk about the architecture of the soul and the spirit. We're being both literal and metaphorical here, and no, we're not being pompous - swear. This makes for a great start t...
3 Dec 202320min
Breakthroughs
This week in the Cold, we talk about how to facilitate and maintain the momentum of creative breakthroughs. This is an active, deliberate process, my friends! If you're enjoying Cold and get meaning f...
26 Nov 202315min
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Every year around this time in the Cold, I like to make a comprehensive list of all the things for which I am grateful. It's more than a list, it's one part meditation, one part story. Because the sto...
19 Nov 202314min
Shining Daylight on the Creative Impulse
This week in the Cold we talk about how even seasoned writers can experience creative stammers and what to do about them! This will be illuminating as hell. Get The Artist's Way: The Artist's Way: 30...
12 Nov 202317min
The Story That Changed My Life
This week in the Cold, I'm sharing with you a story about a one hundred- and two-year-old woman who I met as a teenager. She quite literally changed my life and my perspective, and may just do the sam...
5 Nov 202315min
A Glimpse Inside the Creative Mind
This week in the Cold, we talk about creators and how we feed our creativity. The life of an artist (and I use that term fairly broadly) can be reclusive, engrossing, and hugely rewarding. But when we...
29 Okt 202316min
Walk With Me Among the Dead
This week in the Cold, we tell some stories of the dead, as we walk through a few odd and notable cemeteries. It's a spooky, but mostly soulful contemplation that puts a different spin on the Hallowee...
22 Okt 202322min
A Prayer for Victims and Perpetrators
In light of the recent eruption of violence in Gaza, I hope you'll join me in a short prayer (or meditation) today.
8 Okt 20232min
