Author: egiltorr
What Do You See?
Taken from a Creativity Exercise by LUDA He goes through seasons of change. Somedays he valiantly takes his full form and holds up the pages to not look back and focus on what is ahead. However, other times, he takes a more angular form to tear a hole through the pages and see the past. … Continue reading What Do You See?
Stephen Heller: Étude Op. 47 No. 2
Have You Met My Sister
Have you met my sister? Blink twice, and you might have miss’d her Learner by day, and practitioner by night Yet she still find time to let her creativity ignite Displayed through painting on a canvas, Picking the nylon, or writing on her finstas Never to win a prize But rather, to try to find … Continue reading Have You Met My Sister
Imagine A Woman
Imagine a woman with an infectious smile, Which people would seek for miles and miles Her uncontrollable laugh would make you feel like a comedian, Even on the days you feel grossly below the median She would have an eye for beauty like no other, To see through her eyes would be all the fonder … Continue reading Imagine A Woman
There Goes a Man Walking
There goes a man quietly walking, Whose greatness you'll never hear him talking But if you watch him closely, You'll find traits to model plenty He is a man with the utmost discipline, Unless, with ice cream you cleverly do tempt him He never rests while there is work to be done, Even if a … Continue reading There Goes a Man Walking
Atomic Habits
"In the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. In the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you." This Hindu saying -- which Steve Jobs liked to send his friends on their 30th birthday -- conveys two main ideas. The first is that habits take time and repetition to … Continue reading Atomic Habits
The Road Map
Lost, and pulled over on the side of the road. I still remember the many times my mother would rotate the uncomfortably large paper map from the passenger's seat of our 2000 Honda Accord everytime we took one of our family roadtrips. Luckily, with the advent of the smartphone and Google Maps, it is now … Continue reading The Road Map
The Count of Monte Cristo: Life is a Storm
Let's say you were set to marry Margot Robbie and Elon Musk was about to hand you the reigns of Tesla; when suddenly you were arrested and placed in Alcatraz without any explanation. If so, you might find yourself in a similar situation as Edmond Dantès (the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte … Continue reading The Count of Monte Cristo: Life is a Storm