I’m proud to say Super Human now has an imprint, and it is PortalStar Publishing! You can read about me on the Authors page, there’s a dedicated page for Super Human, you can read the first three chapters too. And … Super Human eBook is having a 99¢ sale right now, wherever eBooks are sold.
Category: Creativity
Chaos, Negative Emotions, and Creativity
Those nasty negative emotions. If only we could just do away with them, right? But they have value, and they show up more in creative (right-brained) thinkers. Here’s why they are both valuable and in larger quantity in creative types, according to Jordan Peterson:
Everyone Has an Origin Story
A tragic turn of events unleashes new, unfamiliar superpowers that shock the wielder, eventually forcing him to face his moral obligation to reduce the suffering of those around him.
Coming Back Around
As an oil painting BFA candidate in 1987, I made this painting. It no longer exists, because a senior student shamed me for liking comics; I’m pretty sure I painted over it. The world is not worse off that this painting is no more, but it struck me that the Super Human theme was capturing… Continue reading Coming Back Around
I'll Support Your Illusions If You'll Support Mine
I recently happened upon an interesting piece1 by Dr. Charles T. Tart over at the University of California. The article discusses the fear of ESP, but— ESP aside— contains remarkable insight into human nature. In it, he discusses an interesting psychological theory called “social masking”. He explains it like this: Briefly, the social masking theory… Continue reading I'll Support Your Illusions If You'll Support Mine
Edison, Invention and Sleep
“…a man does need his rest, and Edison was not above the occasional catnap — provided it was not devoted solely to sleep. Like most people, he noticed that insights and brainstorms often occur at the edges of sleep — when the border guard of the prefrontal cortex is going off duty and the more… Continue reading Edison, Invention and Sleep