This will be short. I am up to my ears in boxes and packing tape as I prepare to move out of Harlem. I have lived in the district for 3 years – 3 beautiful years. Harlem’s got something special. And I had a piece of that something. I was inspired to be still and [...]

(All Pictures Taken by Randy Graham, My Father) I just got back from Ireland, please excuse my two week hiatus, and absolutely loved it. Flew in to Dublin and realized that was NOT Ireland and left the city life for the countryside, spending 14 days driving around the coast of Ireland. I had heard, but [...]

I’m half a day late because I’ve been devouring social media all day long. Please forgive me. Many have tried but few have succeeded in making my all important (to me anyway) timelines, news feeds and Google Reader. And since I have the day off, I’m doing my best to get up to speed with [...]

I lay awake. Again. Something inside needs to be fed. Something inside is being overlooked while all the wrong parts are being over-analyzed. It’s times like these that I find myself maneuvering my furniture around the room into the dark hours of the night- stacking, folding, rearranging, and hoping to come across a perfect sequence [...]

I’ve been at my job for over two months now. Everyday I feel like I take a trip around the world. People come from all over the place to be here and I get to be part of some really amazing stories along the way. Most notable, recent guests were a group of ladies from [...]

You know what they say, “your network is your net worth”. As we climb the ladders of ambition and career growth, we know it’s not always about what you know, but who you know. However, while all of these are true statements, I encourage you to go about creating your contacts from a different angle: [...]

I found this list that I wrote for myself over 3 years ago. Finish what you start. Learn to say no. Make lists. Cry. Laugh. Be open to the possibility of speaking to every stranger. Love. Only this. Write without Internet access. Be present. Maintain the relationships that you have built with mentors, students, and [...]

“There are no more heroes.” The other night, as my musician friends explained to me the concept behind their album title, I began to wonder if it were true. Do we live in a world where heroes no longer exist? Have we diluted the mysticism of celebrity that was once only reserved for the remarkable? [...]

Every now and then, I’m reminded that I’m going to die one day. For all my talk of being fully present and wanting to live forever, I’m firmly rooted in my mortality when I hear about people my age having brushes with death. On Saturday night, I had a couple tentative plans that I ended [...]

fire lit on medium from the gas stove’s breath. cool air creeps to my legs as the city exhales into the parted window. the room opens out into another san francisco night. exhausted at the troubling phone call that captured the previous evening. a conversation with a father. an exhausted father having a conversation with [...]