I was going to start a blog but then I realized: I don’t have the time to write it and you don’t have the time to read it. So from now on, I’m just Jumping to Conclusions. Read them here.
Recently, I did a writing workshop with one of my living heroes, Shane Koyczan: an incredibly talented, award-winning, spoken word poet and author from Canada.
As part of the workshop, I wrote and shared the following poem, The Watch. After a long, pregnant pause, Shane slowly shook his head and said “Fuck… I wish I’d written that myself!”
Which in my book, is as good as a Gold Cannes Lion for poetry. So thank you, Shane Koyczan. You rock.
This manifesto for the movement never saw the light of day but moved Tarana Burke to tears. And that’s more than enough.
Pitch work that was never published nor approved by Converse, but was still inspiring to write. Cover illustration by Adhemas Batista.
Ode to the non-sense and innocence of Easter.
“A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a flame to be lit.”—Plutarch
The Circle Book was a brand exercise for Target, exploring the many dimensions of the circle. A collaboration with designer Victoria Macey.
We don’t play to win
because winning means
the game ends.
We play to play.
We play to grow.
We play to connect.
Because when we play,
everything is possible
and everything is allowed
Play
and synapses fire
Play
and cells divide
Play
and skills multiply
Play
and worlds come alive
Infinite potentials
created
destroyed
predicated
appointed
by play
Unscripted
Unpredictable
Unfettered
We play the infinite game.
Stadia.
Cover image by Adhemas Batista.