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Tag: reasons

Standards (a poem)

2016/01/07 Kevin J. O'Conner

Sick since yesterday, but still writing… The question is not whether it is good but whether it is honest I don’t believe the truth will set me free but it may help me be at peace with the reasons and the realities I face If I can live with myself and the choices I make [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged choices, good vs honest, January 2016, peace, poem, poetry, question, realities, reasons, success, truth

Q&A: Why publish? (Part 2)

2014/12/12 Kevin J. O'Conner

Another look at this one… Why publish? After re-reading my first entry on this subject, I felt as though it were missing something. So, here I am to try to fill in the missing bit(s). When I think of the artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers whose work means something to me, I realize that what [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, WritingTagged book, experience, FAQ, insights, meaning, Q&A, reasons, Separation Anxiety, why, why publish

Q&A: Why publish?

2014/11/202014/11/19 Kevin J. O'Conner

A nicer variant of the ‘so what’ test, really… Why publish? Over the last twenty years or so, I have published and/or shared music, photography, video, and writing. Except for video (which I don’t do very often), I have been doing all of these things for longer than twenty years. They are things I do, [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, WritingTagged FAQ, justifications, Q&A, rationalizations, reasons, why, why publish

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