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Posts published by “Todd Walton”

Getting Well

“Programming our intelligence with illusion and fan­tasy of there’s something wrong with us and enough isn’t enough and too much isn’t too much then turning us loose on ourselves and the world.” — John Trudell…

What’s In A Name?

“Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes As I answer the ringing phone, I am distracted by my cat chasing his tail and do not hear the brief telltale…

Social Security

“The government of my country snubs honest simplic­ity, but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or…

Culture of Narcissism

“Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathol­ogy, which express in exaggerated form its under­lying character structure.” — Christopher Lasch A few weeks before my second novel was to be pub­lished in 1980, I…

Genuine Praise

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” — Carl Jung My recent essay…

Ergo Ego

One of my favorite stories about my ego takes place on my 40th birthday, October 17, 1989. I am riding my bicycle down L Street in Sacramento on my way to a meeting, consumed by…

Writing Good

I daresay creativity cannot be taught. Creativity can be engendered, encouraged, cultivated, and supported, but being creative is as natural as breathing, and so to purport to teach creativity is to lie. And the multi-billion…

Solar School

Mendocino has a spanking new elementary/junior high school on Little Lake Road about a mile inland from the village, and I am happy to report that her shiny blue metal rooftops are being covered with…

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