child self Archives - Bursts of Brilliance

Still Living in the Summer of ’79

June 15, 2024June 14, 2024Artists/Creativity

This past week on my newsletter, I wrote about wishing this year I could have the kind of summer I had when I was 12. You know, staying up late playing hide-and-go-seek in the dark, sleeping in and watching game shows all morning, reading books, and splashing in the pool. Spending lots of time laughing...

Reclaiming the Aha Moment

January 29, 2022January 28, 2022Artists/Creativity

Since I was young, the F-word has been what I called my “reserve word.” If you heard me say it you knew one of two things: I was either royally pissed or I’d had too much to drink, and either way, you should probably take me home. In the past few years of living in...