As I venture forth into this new wilderness, I find myself returning again and again to influences and inspirations. Specifically, I want to write them down, for myself, and share them, for y’all. It’s way too easy to forget about them in the maelstrom of the day, the hubbub of the night. So, in no particular order, here are some people whose work inspires me and to whom I look when thinking about this next chapter: ...

Inspired by this I am starting a links page. What will I put here is to be determined of course. Update (09-20-25): I need multiple link pages. One is probably best for self-promo and BAT-promo.

https://www.ryanhemsworth.com/ I mean come on. Also this ‘submit a drawing thing’ (Note: Original had images that couldn’t be transferred - check out the site itself!) Here’s the one I did: (Drawing reference in original)

Check out this piece on rituals and members clubs: https://shindy.substack.com/p/rituals-members-clubs

I just want to give a big shout out to the word ‘blend.’ Coffee is a blend. I just made a blend when i took beans from two different bags and tossed it all into my grinder. That is a blend! The word blend is powerful. It is a marketing word. Imagine if you were paying for a ‘coffee mix’ - I would not pay top dollar for that. Blend though, now blend sounds good. ...

Love this line so much from “not always so” by Shunryu Suzuki. And the line he says a bit earlier: “if you go to the rest room, there is a chance for enlightenment.” But when you go to the restroom and seek shelter inside your phone, there is no chance for enlightenment. Of course there is, still, because the person who is looking in their phone is also enlightened but he does not know it to be so. ...

spec: ADD ideas: have a chat like this

https://sundogcowboy.com/ - Jess Hererra who designed Cody Cook-Parrott’s website which seems awesome

I wrote this at Sept 28 at 4:04am I don’t know how else to put it. Today, this morning (Sept 28), just now, at 4:04am, I cut my journaling into my little notebook with my little pencil short - I cut it short so I could get on and write into my big computer with my big keyboard the big idea I had about the word blend. But when I got onto the computer, this vegas strip with its bright lights and flashing distractions all hand crafted and premium made for me truly, exactly as I left it last night, I forgot all about blend. ...

When thinking about mastery, for myself, there seem to be two frames: How do I define what it means to strive for learning, for mastery? How well am I following that rubric / framework for any given essay? I think I need to figure out #1 first, or at least have some sense of it, in order to give it a whirl. But I also need to not be too prescriptive. Who knows what’ll happen when I write. ...