seanessay.com In my youth, I was inspired by the father in the memoir Fifth Chinese Daughter, as he made copies of every letter he sent, and kept every letter he received. Although I was as lazy as the next guy, somehow I managed to always find carbon paper or make photocopies. Back then, for normal […]
Popular Nerd Proofing for Spies and Diplomats
seanessay.com “As I see it, to be a pink monkey that rolls in the mud to look safely brown, is to “nerd proof.” Truly an excellent skill, provided I copy regular folks only from awareness, not from fear.” (From the previous (Part Two) nerd essay of Sean Crawford) To me, “Nerd proofing” would include the […]
Comic strips Add to Quality of Life
seanessay.com Sometimes, I read comics while musing on the roads not taken “See you in the funny papers:” Did your loved ones say goodby that way? My brother often did. People who read the funny pages of modern newspapers don’t know what they’re missing. The four-panel newspaper comics of my day were funnier because they […]
Facing the Truth, With Fearful Awareness
seanessay.com We all have strengths and weaknesses to be aware of. As for strengths, I remember folks in a fitness class I taught being delighted and telling me that I had a good sense of how fit they were: I had to know my own strength. Once I was hiking as part of my role […]
Learning More About Art
seanessay.com “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust I delight in combining ideas, as in making a “braided essay.” I just found out at a deeper level that, besides seeing differently, including seeing past our culture’s foliage, not at it… painters combine things […]
Patterning Sentences For Fun and Profit
seanessay.com As a writer, I like to try patterns: Dusk Well. I wonder. Was it god’s will? My hard-drive is scrubbed. Sticky notes of useful quotes, gone. Any need for excerpts cut and pasted? Sentimental souvenirs may comfort; life is lived now. Unmoor the boat and row in currents of life. As for my novel, […]