The Obstructionist Self

Motivation for Simple Things is Hard

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One of my (truly crazy) ex-girlfriends (one of many mistakes), nicknamed my Sisyphus. You know, as in the Greek God cursed for all eternity to keep rolling a Huge Stone up a mountain ever day? Cursed for giving Mankind Fire (motivation?)

And each day, just as Sisyphus got that Stone almost to the top of that mountain, he was destined to loose control of it. Of…

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I Think, and I Know Things. I Create, Therefore I Am. Multi-Disciplinary Creative. Author of the Collection of Short Stories “Dreams, Desires, and Dead Ends.”

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