Tag: writing
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Ease of Difficulty
a poem Why aren’t good habits easy?And bad habits hard?Why must that path make us suffer so,In trying to do well for the world?As if doing good is to be punishedShoved away like a diseaseBecause it is too difficult to bearAnd yet I remember lifeHow the root of the tree breaks rockHow life must fight…
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Course Corrections
This site has seen a lot of my going back and forth, changing my mind and goals with the regularity of how often one is supposed to change their underwear (Daily, ladies and gentlemen — at least). And here I go again. I will keep trying and trying and trying. It will be an honest…
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Never Ending
The work never ends. It never stops. Onward and forward it must go, relentless in its persistent need to be there, forever waiting for you even as you trudge through the struggle it inflicts upon you. Life is relentless this way, a chisel against stone. Yet, if one wishes to feel the joy of purpose,…
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Substack
Update: 2/10/2025: Experiments are ongoing for everything. I am actually going to be doing everything on both my new Substack AND this site. It’ll be a little bit more work to manage both, but it makes more sense. And there will be more content that will be “free” or general release. This has been on…
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Discipline and the Self
When lacking motivation… Nothing seems to get done. As a creative, motivation seems to be the key ingredient needed to well, create. Without the muse, we are listless, sitting with empty page, canvas, or whatever medium we operate in. As inspiration strikes, the creative expects a jolt of energy to carry us forward, to propel…
Jeremy C Kester 