Where we discuss storytelling, creativity, and life in general. 

Hi, my name is Jack Pordea! I’m a student at the University of Missouri St. Louis and an aspiring musician. For the past couple years I h...

A few weeks ago, I got pretty vulnerable when I put a portion of my story out into the world. The vulnerability hangover, a Brené Brown t...

**This post contains discussion of child sexual abuse and religious trauma** All-American Girl As I leaned my head full of baby-soft hair...

I probably know what you're thinking. You have that one friend who you've dubbed Grammar Queen, and you move on throughout life without a...

I recently heard an interview with Keith Urban on Dax Shepherd's podcast where Urban talks about his beginner's mindset approach to creat...

I've been working on writing projects both big and small, fun and personal, professional and playful. (And various, delightful combinatio...

Have you been missing things like hugging your friends? Yeah, me too. And even though in my home state of Missouri, they are loosening th...

Well, friends, it's been quite a ride–NO JOKE! I had no idea how timely the March journal would be for me over the past month. I hope it w...

We’re coming to the end of our 31-day challenge, and everything in our world has changed. No matter where we find ourselves on the planet...

In this next section of our creativity journal, we'll be talking about color. Perhaps things seem pretty grey right now to us all, and we...