I struggle every day to open up too…
Most of my life people have seen me as outgoing, extroverted, super social. I may have been accused of talking too much more than once--it's something I still actively work on. I am the guy that friends say, "yeah everywhere we go he seems to know somebody..."...
FEAR: Being Boring & Dying Alone
I can't smoke your weed My ego won't let me. You've never had to compensate for anything real. You're so bland and beautiful. I want the real thing No more smoke screens You're trying to smash a spider with a sledgehammer. A life of chaos sounds reasonable. I grew up...
#letstalkbro
#realtalk I was literally afraid while drawing this. All sorts of doubts and fears ran through my head. Brought on by years of conditioning on how I should behave as a man from friends, family, and the world at large. You might be like "dude, chill out--it's a...
Vulnerability Has Made Me Indestructible
I've found in my life, vulnerability is the biggest solution or point of relief for me when I'm facing overwhelming adversity, anxiety, anger, or an affliction. Vulnerability keeps me open. It makes me more likely to find empathy for myself and others, rather than...
Reframe Your Anxiety Into Energy…
"I was talking with another actor and teacher today about nerves and anxiety in preparation for an audition, call back, or working on set. [Earlier in the day at a callback] He was asked to make changes to some choices he had a made for a role. I asked him how he...
There’s no right way…
"The rawness of creation isn't a thing you can structure into a teachable form. That's like having a technique to pick up dirt with your hands and let it fall back to earth [then trying to teach someone your exact technique for doing it and enjoying it]. You have to...
Fear: Scuba Diving
I have not wandered Into that vast expanse So blue and deep Disappearing into an invisible infinity. I'm not the warrior Who'd risk such a feat To wander into treachery Surrounded by an army of Unknown foes. That place is for them I've only seen it in my head That's...
I wish we grew together—not apart
It's a sentiment + resentment that’s been growing in me. The grove of trees represents my ideal for those around me and just people in general, the words represent what I've been feeling when I look outward. As I get older, it's a recurring theme that people that I...
Rule 101: Change the rules. Revise Refresh Restart.
I have wanted to start writing on this blog again since I stopped, but I've let a lot of things get in my way. Mostly myself. I created an endless string of reasons to procrastinate including: Why I shouldn't restart Why I needed to wait I would have to explain why...
Rule 100: Pride is a double-edged sword. People literally live and die for it. Tread carefully.
"The negative version of Pride (Latin, superbia), which is also known as hubris (from ancient Greek ὕβρις), or futility,is considered, on almost every list, the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins: the source of the others. It is identified as...