TEXT AND ROCK POETRY.

ANCIENT STORY.

BETTER TOMORROW.

THROUGH VIVID IMAGINATION,

FOR TEXT AND ROCK TIME TRAVELERS.

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CORPORATE FUTURE.

How the west is in for either a great wind down or ekpyrosis, how it will feel about the same, and how to keep going.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR JOY.

How simple it is to find joy, which is far better than happy, and how complicated we make it sometimes.

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INTERSTELLAR ETHICS.

Are ethics universal like physics? And if that were true, could humankind finally love one another?

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NO SHORTCUT.

How the obstacles that beat you are the very circumstances that shine you up.

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ON TIME TRAVEL.

The difference between divine and human conceptions of time, and other things that make you go hmmm.

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UNAFRAID OF WOLVES.

How the poet of every age tells the truth to power; divine as Homer, unafraid of wolves.

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SECRET ORDER.

The elegance beneath the evolution, the wisdom underneath the rocks, and other names for the face of God.

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GOD IS AN OPEN LETTER.

Why it is never too late to know and be known by your Creator, and grab yourself a fresh start.

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SACRED TEXT.

Why the wisest travelers read from the book of the world around them, and what it can teach you.

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SPACE THEY CANNOT TOUCH.

Why there is a part of you that refuses to be compromised, and how it is defiant but needs resilience.

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ON COURAGE.

Why you will never do anything worth doing in your life without courage.

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RITUAL.

How to think about the rituals you grew up with, outgrew, or are returning to with new eyes to see.

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WARRIORS CODE.

The war of the artist’s soul, and how to put the creative gloves on.

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WE ARE LEGION.

How we walk among the tombs in the modern West, and how to name your demons.

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SHOW UP LIKE FATE.

How the greatest heroes pay no mind to fate. Rather, they show up with just as much resolve.

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