Journal – Trance Blackman

Here you’ll find my philosophical meanderings in the form of articles, essays, and occasional poetry. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

Lux et veritas

Journal Entries / creatives (10 Posts)

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A Life Philosophical

18 April 2022 (rev. 17 February 2024) ~ < 1 minute read

We read a thousand books to glean a thousand morsels with which to discern, devise, design, and, in practice, implement our own life philosophy.

If we choose to write, said philosophy emerges directly…

Chasing the Muse

23 July 2018 (rev. 22 January 2020) ~ 2 minute read

Newness is addictive to the wanderer-type. We can bounce around careers, vocations, projects, relationships, cities, countries… without taking the time to become utterly amazing at something.

Creature

22 November 2017 (rev. 13 December 2019) ~ < 1 minute read

Maybe you can’t draw, write a rhyme or an original story, paint happy clouds, sculpt with marble, improvise a scene, strum a chord, paradiddle, glissando,…

Auteur

09 October 2017 (rev. 10 December 2019) ~ 2 minute read

Creativity thrives on an openness and innocence (or perhaps wilful ignorance), a trust in the unknown and a delightful anticipation of the unexpected. It calls for a certain level of restriction, pressure or limitation: a time constraint, a budget limit, an equipment or materials limit, inexperience, weather conditions, client preferences, Mercury or Mars in retrograde, etc.

Weirdos

16 November 2016 (rev. 24 December 2024) ~ < 1 minute read

Being a motivator, instigator, spark, inspirer, agitator, uplifter, goader, and heart-connector is your purpose. Wayshowers aren’t bound by existing paradigms or career paths — that’s…

Fear, in Motion

26 October 2016 (rev. 24 November 2024) ~ < 1 minute read

You can use your fear to recharge yourself. Truly. It can drain you, crash your energy, or be transmuted into fuel for creative, inspired action.…