STOP TALKING IN CIRCLES: The Intro

Dear,

This series of writings will (re)introduce my perspective shaped by the world around me.  These are imbued with issues pressing my consciousness right now: time, language, creation, fear, criticism, observation, and diligence to do something rather than nothing. Each is something like a case study focused on a short phrase or word that is important to my work and I feel, important to all of us. These are the current parts:

PART 1: Speaking 

PART 2: Noise

PART 3: Critical thinking 

PART 4: Man

PART 5: Being yourself

PART 6: A thing

I hope in sharing these the relation I sow between personal experiences and the world is humbly considered something transcending the individual– moving into some sort of collective reckoning. So, I’ma release these weekly on Substack starting tomorrow with Part 1: Speaking continuing through six weeks. As life transpires, I also want to acknowledge the possibility that this may shift or become something else.  

When we speak 

consider the noise

Was it critical because Man said so

There must’ve been a way to be yourself

Tell me about that thing.  

Love,

Derek Anthony Holland

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