Personal Development
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When Ash Falls
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash Ash falls before you understand that it is ash. It arrives as something softer than it should be, settling along the shoulders, gathering in… Read more.
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Kakugo
Photo by Seiya Maeda on Unsplash Author’s Note There is a difference between understanding a principle and having lived inside its weight. Most of what I write about clarity, judgment,… Read more.
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Before the Moment Arrives
Photo by Chaz McGregor on Unsplash “He is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will.” The line is delivered with a kind of reverence. Not admiration, exactly, but… Read more.
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The Piton in the Wall
Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash Most systems of exploration are built on things you rarely notice. A ledge that appears exactly where it’s needed. A handhold that feels almost… Read more.
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Calm is not Peace
Photo by Wolfgang Weiser on Unsplash It begins with a click. Not loud or dramatic. Decisive. A relay closes somewhere beneath the surface, and a low rotational thrum answers. One… Read more.
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The Hand Remains
Photo by Melchior Damu on Unsplash He was never the loudest of them. In a hall where thunder had a name and trickery wore a smile, Tyr did not compete… Read more.
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This Far. And No Further.
Photo by Stéphane Juban on Unsplash There are a lot of famous shields in the old stories. That should have been a warning. When a culture turns an object into… Read more.
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Clean Cuts: The Dark Mechanics of Integrity
Photo by Balázs Gábor on Unsplash To understand Niccolò Machiavelli, you have to begin with what he lost. Not his reputation; that came later, and louder. But his position inside… Read more.
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First, and Not at All
Photo by Aconitum on Unsplash The hall seemed like a room designed to convince you that the world had always been safe. It wasn’t safe like a fortress, in the… Read more.
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Of Blaviken, Butchery, and Blindness
The village was offensive in its normalcy. That was the first thing Geralt noticed. Smoke rose in lazy, silver ribbons against a slate sky. A dog napped in the damp… Read more.
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Choices Below the Waterline
Photo by Francis Odeyemi on Unsplash I hear the neighbors screaming over the sound of the rain on asphalt shingles above me, not quite enough to drown out the volume… Read more.
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Unannounced
Photo by Pascal Meier on Unsplash Author’s Note There are five love languages, or so I’ve been told; acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch, quality time, and gifts.… Read more.
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The Shape That Wields the Hammer
Photo by Pim de Boer on Unsplash I was there when the order was spoken. Not in the hall where the gods postured and argued about threats, but in the… Read more.
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Clair Obscur: On Choice and Creation
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash I stand where the light is strongest because this is where I was taught to stand. Someone placed it here long before I arrived,… Read more.
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Built Not to Burn
Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash You never forget the sound if you’re unlucky enough to hear it. A sharp mechanical click, a rising hiss, the feeling of the air… Read more.
