Introversion as a deficiency

During the course of conversation and brainstorming with my group during a training, someone mentioned that they have children whose parents put them in an ensemble (band or orchestra) to “get over their shyness.” First of all, in a traditionally-run ensemble, there’s not a lot of verbal interaction between players, so that’s not really going … Read more

Update: accountability to self

In January, I wrote about a chart I’d made to track behaviors of health and self-care. I had thought—or, more accurately, hoped—that seeing holes in the list would spur me to do some of the things that simply haven’t been getting done, even if the increase was to once a week, or once every other … Read more

Editing as evidence of failure

I have been listening to a series on creativity on Freakonomics. One episode was on failure, and there was a notion that caught my attention. They repeatedly referred to drafts as failures. I write a lot nowadays. I’ve done more years of formal schooling than I care to count (but would be a professional student … Read more