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All general posts about whatever I want to talk about. Basically everything that doesn’t fall into another specific series or specialized category.

2020: The Best Worst Year Ever

Mark Stabler 01/03/2021 01/03/2021Articles Personal, Reality 3

If you take a moment to really reflect, you’ll find that 2020 wasn’t the worst year ever. It was the most typical year ever.

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How to Judge Books by Their Covers

Mark Stabler 09/10/2019 09/09/2019Articles Creativity, Language, Literature, Poetics 0

Examining how we re-create songs and books to understand the fundamental nature of music and literature.

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Notes on Nada

Mark Stabler 08/23/2019 08/23/2019Articles Creativity, Personal 1

Sometimes the perfect moment isn’t. But you’ve got to write anyway.

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Damn You, First Reader!

Mark Stabler 08/06/2019 08/07/2019Articles Creativity, Personal 2
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What do you do when you’ve got nothing? According to Cool Hand Luke, “Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.” The rest of the time we try to convince ourselves this is true.

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Scratch-and-Dent Dog

Mark Stabler 07/23/2019 07/23/2019Articles Personal 2

A sweet digression about a dog. Sometimes, the best things in the bargain bin are at the bottom — you just have to dig deep enough.

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An Interesting Encounter

Mark Stabler 07/09/2019 07/09/2019Articles Copywriting, Creativity 0

Creative inspiration occurs in strange places, aka, what to do when a homeless guy that doesn’t know how to work a phone invites you to his concert.

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Vision of Sight – Part III

Mark Stabler 06/25/2019 07/06/2019Articles Creativity, Personal, Poetics, Reality, Site/News 1

All creative endeavors require purpose. Here’s the vision for this blog. Part 3 of 3 examines how indirect communication, i.e. art, provides a way to overcome our fears.

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Vision of Sight – Part II

Mark Stabler 06/18/2019 07/06/2019Articles Creativity, Personal, Poetics, Reality, Site/News 1

All creative endeavors require purpose. Here’s the vision for this blog. Part 2 of 3 examines our biases and how communication lets us use them productively.

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Vision of Sight – Part I

Mark Stabler 06/11/2019 07/06/2019Articles Creativity, Personal, Poetics, Reality, Site/News 1

All creative endeavors require purpose. Here’s the vision for this blog. Part 1 of 3 focuses on where to focus and what direction to take.

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To Blog or Not to Blog

Mark Stabler 06/04/2019 07/06/2019Articles Personal, Site/News 5

“Today, I will launch a blog.” Famous last words. Some thoughts about why a previous blog was a failure and where this one should go.

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