Category: Idleism

The Explosion and a Persistent Challenge of Discovery and Appreciation.

Artists tend to not stop making things, even if the thing you remember them making isn’t around anymore.
Riffs on Paper

It’s like when you buy clothes: if you find something you like that fits well, buy it in every color. But here, if I find a paper that really sings I’ll stock up however I can.
Riffs on: Naps

The collection of notes about taking naps. A work in progress.
…this is your brain on drugs

Less oxygen, more heat, less thinky.
The Silly Simplicity of Tenkara fishing.

“Heaven knows we fly fishers are suckers for every new gizmo we think will give us a leg up on catching fish,” writes Yvon Chouinard in Simple Fly Fishing (a book I’ve had on my shelf for a long while now, only today realizing I have a signed copy). He paints us a picture of…
The Need for Nothing

The greatest insult to a capitalist culture is to want for nothing. Sounds nice. The past few weeks I’ve been embracing this idea of “nothing new.” I’ll write more on it later. The gist: where possible, I will acquire nothing new. Do without or buy secondhand. But there’s another kind of nothingness in addition to…
It’s a Wet Heat

We’re hitting the first hot and wet days here in Asheville. And as uncomfortable as it is, I tell myself that it could be worse. I know the Piedmont and coastal regions are easily 10 degrees warmer and 40 percent more humid just by being. I’ll never forget our late-July trip to Wilmington for a…
The Audacity Doing Something You Might Enjoy.

“This is selfish,” I say. “And that’s the point.”
You Should Own Everything on your #SpotifyWrapped

$30K paid for the physical recording. But that’s not counting the years of writing that went into it. Every song you hear is someone’s effort, it is someone’s art. When you buy an album, you’re buying a work of art.