Tag: vulnerability

• The Metamorphosis of Sam

  It has been an incredibly long time since I have posted on here. I would apologize, but I feel that I’ve been very productive in my absence. (Okay, fine… I’ll apologize. But I will say that I’m doing much better than I would have expected back in April, when I posted my last blog post…

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  June 25, 2019

  Inciting Incidents, Self-Reflection

  anxiety, change, growth, identity, metamorphosis, progress, Prose, updates, vulnerability

• But First, It Listened

  

  Today, I watched a transformer pop, and sang to a bird. And it was all because of a thunderstorm. It was an extremely slow day at work. I had just told my coworker to go out and water the plants, when it started to rain (ironically, the plants never got water – the rain could come…

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  September 5, 2017

  Inciting Incidents, Self-Reflection

  bird, Prose, relationships, singing, vulnerability, yellow-crowned night heron

• Panic, Passion, and Honesty

  The past few weeks have been a little bit low for me, mentally. Not because of anything going on (though there have been some doozies), but because the mind does what the mind does. Once I realized what was happening, I tried to make some adjustments to compensate, and one of them included a social…

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  June 22, 2017

  Inciting Incidents, Self-Reflection

  anxiety, Del Close Marathon, Depression, filmmaking, Prose, vulnerability

• Fear, Wigs, and Vulnerability

  

  I’m going to let you in on a secret: if you have never put on a wig, dressed yourself up, and spoken in a poorly articulated Southern accent, you’ve never really lived life. I thoroughly enjoy pretending to be someone else, immersing myself in another persona for a short period of time. That sounds escapist,…

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  February 17, 2015

  Inciting Incidents, Self-Reflection

  isolation, performance, Prose, relationships, vulnerability