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How I've been able to pay the rent writing poetry Sep 07, 2023

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It's been a 30 year process. I'm not as outrageously talented as other social media poets out there. But just plodded along.New poetry collection 2023:

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Honouring my 8 year old self's decisions to make books Aug 31, 2023

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Honouring my 8 year old self's decision to make booksNew poetry collection 2023:

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Have faith in shit ideas: from 200 views of a poem, to half a million (with the same poem) Aug 24, 2023

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I mucked around with TikTok for 4 years before I had a breakthrough. One idea inititally only had 200 views. I reposted it a few years later with now over 500000 views. Here's what happened, what I did.

New poetry collection 2023:

WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST

UM' self help book for creatives:

My 'Best Of' illustrated poems:

Confetti Tornado

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Limiting myself creatively to free myself creatively Aug 17, 2023

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I've had a weird week where my TikTok account moderately exploded after 4 years of playing around with poetry on that platform. Here's what happened.UM' self help book for creatives:

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I often make my brain to ask itself: what would legs do? Aug 10, 2023

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My legs have taken me to heaven and hell. They've got me into and out of trouble. They're inhabited with a pure spirit.

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Making art while working a full time job: art before the horse Aug 03, 2023

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It's tough eeking out art that is (naturally) adventurous in spirit while simultaneously having it crushed by people determined to wear their work costumes and talk in blabber in workplaces that (have to) pretend to care. Here's some of my experience.UM' self help book for creatives:

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Half baked ideas I've been playing with Jul 28, 2023

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I've been rolling around some thoughts this week. I'm just not sure how they will grow yet.UM' self help book for creatives:

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Creatives need breaks to be improve Jul 20, 2023

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I'm managine my time better. I've been writing without immediately posting it. Holding onto ideas for 5 days. While feedback can have a purpose for putting together some of my work, the constant feedback loop was starting to take me off course. So I'm learning to not post stuff right away and actually give myself whole days off writing. It's been super helpful.UM' self help book for creatives:

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Great art lets you see the world for what it is Jul 13, 2023

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Re-watching the Sopranos 20 years made me remember what great art can be. And great modern art isn't public, in a gallery or found on social media. It's found in weird texts between friends.

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