Student of the Human Condition
The very first inkling I had that I was bisexual was while watching Astro Boy cartoons as a child in the ‘80s. There was something about his asymmetrical haircut, soft voice and big eyes that made me feel things beyond the realm of a regular six-year-old fanboy. Of course, at the time, I had no …
Any path is only a path. There is no affront to oneself or others in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. —Carlos Cataneda We are frequently told that ‘never giving up’ is the secret to getting what we want, doing what we want to do, and becoming who we want to …
Continue reading “Giving up: the end of the ‘never give up’ mindset”
The hurrier I go, the behinder I get. —Lewis Carrol [the White Rabbit], Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland In early 2020, the unthinkable happened. We stopped going to work, school, restaurants, bars, and shops. We stopped visiting anyone. Basically, we didn’t leave the house unless it was absolutely necessary. To try to protect ourselves and the …
Continue reading ““The hurrier I go, the behinder I get”: 2020 is teaching us to slow down”
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. In Australia, it is estimated that 45 percent of people will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. In any one year, around 1 million Australian adults have depression, and over 2 million have anxiety. —Beyond Blue, 2015 I thought it would be the end of …
Continue reading “I went on antidepressants and the world didn’t end”
After the demands of the ego and its greed surrender, the struggle for fulfilment of personal desires lessens: life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air. —Swami Sivananda Radha In my early twenties, I started playing music in an indie rock band called Iron On. I had dreamed about playing in …
Continue reading “My ego made me do it: life as a musician in Iron On and Disco Nap”
The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is and decide to change themselves. —Sydney Madwed When we get sick, rarely do we stop to give ourselves the time we need to heal properly. Rather than seeing sickness …
You are never more essentially, more deeply, yourself than when you are still. —Eckhart Tolle One night in the early 2000s I was out at a bar in Brisbane with a friend of mine, Fliss. After a short time, she ran into a guy that she knew from her high school days. They hadn’t seen each …
The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you. —Marina Abramovic In late 2014, my wife and I moved to Hobart for a life reset. She was offered a job at MONA (the Museum of Old and New Art) and I stayed home to look …
Continue reading “Counting rice with Marina Abramovic at MONA”
So, as some of you know, I’ve been writing a book since 2014. The working was ‘How to change the world by doing nothing’. And at the core of it was the idea of learning to value yourself for who you are not what you do. The manuscript is currently sitting at about 90,000 words. …
Continue reading “About a book called… “How to Change the World by Doing Nothing””
