How could I not be interested in the work of Oliver Sacks? It’s not just the one about the anthropologist on Mars (though I have that). Sacks explored the human condition in a multitude of cases where the humans in question were grappling with many rare and unusual conditions. What is life? What is humanity? What is perception and consciousness? These were some of the questions he touched on in an engaging writing style that…
Not too many years ago, I was in the very definition of a soul-sucking job. I knew it was bad news by Day Two, but with a kid on the way, I did my best to mentally buckle down until I could escape. It was a long road, but what brings me joy every time I think to those dark days is that it was writing and creativity as much as anything that saw me…
Why am I a writer? Because I keep on coming back to it… and happily so. When a new film comes out and I see an interview with an actor or director, I often see them say they do what they do because they “couldn’t imagine doing anything else” or perhaps even that they’re “not good at anything else.” For those of us who to aspire to be some small measure of renaissance men and women, this…