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Wild Divinity Illustrated Haiku
Wild Divinity Illustrated Haiku

Find the miraculous in the ordinary, a beautiful collection of over 100 haiku comics to help you rediscover you sense of wonder.

2023

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Jason McBride
Jason McBride

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The Accidental Fire That Sparked a Deliberate Life

A story about Henry David Thoreau that history has forgotten — As wildfire season continues here in the Western United States, here is a story about one of our first and greatest guardians of the environment. He also happens to be someone that started a forest fire. Scroll to the bottom of this piece to find the full text-only essay.

Comics

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The Accidental Fire That Sparked a Deliberate Life
The Accidental Fire That Sparked a Deliberate Life
Comics

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3 days ago

Punk Rock Earnestness

Overthrowing the system with kindness? — I belong to Gen X. I grew up on a steady media diet of sarcasm and snark. We were the punk rock generation — anti-establishment, non-conformist, and indifferent. Of course, generational labels are ridiculous. While my age cohort has a lot of cultural things in common, each of us is…

Gen X

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Punk Rock Earnestness
Punk Rock Earnestness
Gen X

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4 days ago

What Do We Owe the Dead?

This is what it means to be alive — I lived most of my life as part of a faith tradition(1) that made doing work for the dead a central tenant of not only religion, but of life(2). It was taken for granted that we all have souls, or spirits, that will continue to exist after we have sluffed…

Death

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What Do We Owe the Dead?
What Do We Owe the Dead?
Death

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May 24

Stages of Creativity

Where new ideas really come from — For me, the two most important parts of doing creative work are experimentation and fermentation. Two years ago, Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin released a short documentary miniseries called McCartney 3, 2, 1 that delved into how Paul and the other Beatles worked. In the fourth episode, Paul talked about…

Creativity

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Stages of Creativity
Stages of Creativity
Creativity

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May 23

Another Season

Do I have the strength to adapt? — Voles instinctively know the seasons change from winter to spring. They leap up from hibernation ready to take care of essential business — eating, mating, and nesting. No therapist signals the trees to start budding in the spring so their flowers will be ready for the pollinators. But humans are…

Personal Development

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Another Season
Another Season
Personal Development

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May 22

The Last Time Dad Hit Me

What happened when I stood up to my father — I don’t remember the last time Dad hit me. But I do remember the last time I was willing to put up with it. I don’t remember what he was so angry about. Dad was sitting in his sky-blue recliner, yelling. …

Family

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The Last Time Dad Hit Me
The Last Time Dad Hit Me
Family

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May 21

When Time Stops Flowing

What the music really means — The music you first heard when you were a teenager starts out as a soundtrack running in the background of your memory movies. Given enough time and attention, these songs become a kind of talisman. …

Music

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When Time Stops Flowing
When Time Stops Flowing
Music

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May 20

Love is Like Sunscreen

You should smear the word love all over… —

Poetry

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Love is Like Sunscreen
Love is Like Sunscreen
Poetry

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May 19

What Does Sacred Mean to You?

Where can you connect to the divine? — I grew up in a religion obsessed with sacred spaces. I was a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (often referred to as the Mormon Church) until one day I wasn’t. I’m no longer religious, but I am spiritual. …

Sacred

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What Does Sacred Mean to You?
What Does Sacred Mean to You?
Sacred

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May 18

Poetry is for Ugly People

We are all ugly — Poetry is for you, the one with the right eye that’s slightly larger than your left eye. It’s for you, the one who is too thin, and me, the one who is too fat. Poetry is for all of us with scars, burns, and birthmarks. It’s for you, the one…

Poetry

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Poetry is for Ugly People
Poetry is for Ugly People
Poetry

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Jason McBride

Jason McBride

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Writer | Poet | Illustrator | Amateur Human he/him https://weirdopoetry.substack.com/

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