Split Brain Soup

Thought of the Day 7/2/2025

Sitting down writing today was finnicky. Not because I had nothing to write, but because figuring out WordPress has a learning curve. It is a much needed learning curve as I need something to challenge me daily. Usually that comes in the form of just normal living of my life, but its good to spice things up!

I had an old friend call me yesterday, and asked if I wanted some boxes of books he had. I sell books and other collectible items so immediately I agreed. We hadn’t talked in quite some time, and it was nice to catch up with him. He is an iron worker who builds gates, arbors, and other garden items. We got to talking and he said that he was interested in changing up his business. He wanted to start making art items he could sell online. I thought that was great, and I gave him some ideas. Later that night he sent me some pics of a prototype he started working on which I thought was very cool. You can see some of the pictures below. He has more he wants to add on to it, and as he completes it I will keep you all up to date.

On my journey through the noisescape of online social media a few voices having been bubbling through the algorithm to me. One was Connor Woodman and this Video. When I saw it something snapped inside of me. Like the Last Jenga block was pulled, and the tower began to crumble. I have consumed enough. Its time to create. In fact we are made to create! I have been lulled into a sense that my life happens to me rather than me happening to my life. I mean to say that I realized I need to do something, anything, or I would die with whatever I have inside still inside. Of course this message wasn’t something new I had never heard, but rather it was the right timing. Life is a process of becoming, and some lessons require a maturation to occur before they stick. I’ve finally heard it.

I am under no illusion that what I am creating, or will create, will be good, useful, beautiful, inherently artistic, or of value. But that’s not really the point for me. I am not valuable because of what I create. I am a human being and I have value, and I am tired of hustle culture and online fakery dictating my value based on some arbitrary point system. Creating something is about me expressing my humanity and letting go in hopes some people out there might hear the message. And maybe we can in turn help to pull more people out of the slough.

Create today something and share it with a friend, and don’t forget that you have value no matter what the AI techno futurists say.