Archive - An Ordinary Disaster

Thinking of AI as an intuition machine

Why there's a "6" on my palm, the meaning of "Decide Nothing," cave art, AI-assisted inner work, DALL-E, Jaron Lanier's "data dignity," Captain Rob, and…

Oct 18, 2022 •

Beauty, inspiration and entertainment from Spring 2023

Henry Miller, Carl Jung, Cullen Thomas, Meghan Daum, Aristotle, Samuel R. Delany, The Emerald, Giri / Haji, Count Me In

Jul 8, 2023 •

I'm here to be myself as much as possible—and the absolute truth can only be...nothing.

A conversation about meaning, identity, physicality, and purpose with Bowen Dwelle and Andy Johns

Jun 10, 2023 •

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Eighteen essays about addiction, masculinity, creativity, and intuition

As well as anxiety, fitness, sobriety, self-discipline, purpose, love, adventure, pain yoga, intuition, the collective unconscious, psychedelics…

Mar 25, 2023 •

Staying sane with research notes, citations, end notes, and a real bibliography

Using Scrivener, a good pencil, Zotero, and Obsidian together as a system

Oct 4, 2023 •

"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeany

Writing yourself into existence, how writing is like music, whether men can say “sex”, writing memoir as a man, what we're afraid to write about…

May 20, 2023 •

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Doing my best to get my nose in it

Memoir and personal essay on identity, intuition, addiction and more.

Sep 18, 2022 •

What I've Learned from Ten Brothers and Teachers

Adam Gayner, Roddy McDowell, Lucas Krump, T Callahan, Bob Conlin, Anthony David Adams, Robert Ellis, Kenyon Phillips, Noah Rainey, and James Brown on…

Nov 17, 2022 •

The Dream I've Dreamed a Thousand Times

An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 25 — One Dream

Jul 26, 2023

What is Intuition? A Whole and Open Mind

An inner voice, guardian within, embodied cognition, pattern recognition, knowing without knowing how, understanding through the senses, bone knowledge…

Sep 29, 2022 •

The Thing That Refuses To Be Named

An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 29 — A Hard-Won Peace

Aug 23, 2023

Fifty definitive memoirs

Nothing inspires more than the truth of another person's experience, transmitted directly.

Apr 8, 2023 •

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