The Thicket

“Ah but I was so much older then.
I’m younger than that now…”
My Back Pages by Bob Dylan

The following is a fictional account, summarizing an emergent theme which is presenting itself with increasing regularity. Any resemblance to a real-world person is purely accidental.

“So, I was fascinated

Self-IMPORTANT

“The ‘I’ does not see itself.
Among the Great Teachings, there is a surprising consensus
that ‘self,’ is that which looks… the witness.
So, not the ‘Self-Image,’ not the false construct of Ego, not
the Voice in the Head Keeping Score, but that quiet, insistent
presence. It doesn’t speak, it bears witness…”
— J. R. StJohn

One aspect of

Maestro!

Woz
“You can’t write code. You’re not an engineer.
You’re not a designer. You can’t put a hammer to a nail.
I built the circuit board. The graphical interface was stolen!
How come I read ten times a day that Steve Jobs is a genius?
What do you do?”

Steve
“The

Rise to the Role

“What got you here may not get you any further!”

Our childhoods are never far from our consciousness, even a lifetime later. We remember where we grew up, every suffered injustice, every insult, all the injuries and upsets, every slur. And even though we grow, move away, become more comfortable, and perhaps respected; we might

Imposing Limits

“I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline.”
— Duke Ellington
American jazz pianist, composer, conductor
1899 — 1974

Pope Julius: “When will you make an end?”
Michelangelo: “When it’s finished!”
Excerpted from The Agony and The Ecstasy

Ever noticed that writing, drawing,