The Hobbyist VS The Professional

On creativity, career-building, toeing the waters gracefully, and knowing when to bow out to give someone else the spotlight

Oct 2 • 

Fallon Clark

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September 2025

Existential Fatigue and Seasons of Work

Freelancing full time is a practice of patience with oneself, one's family, and a world that is not always receptive to diversity and freedom and the…

Sep 22 • 

Fallon Clark

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August 2025

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Restoring human health is a matter of restoring planetary health while acknowledging that modern technologies and living standards have no place in the…

Aug 28 • 

Fallon Clark

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That Kind of Mother, Dianetics, The Artist's Way, and Sure, I'll Join Your Cult - What Could Go Wrong with This Selection of Reading…

The back half of July got a little culty, not gonna lie.

Aug 4 • 

Fallon Clark

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July 2025

Returning to the early 2000s with The First Five

Back in spring 2022, I got a used drum pad and a pair of sticks for cheap. Now, I'm learning to play drums by listening to a handful of songs I'm still…

Jul 26 • 

Fallon Clark

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A mass book review of everything I've read so far in 2025 (because I slacked off)

I’m painfully behind on my book reviews, and there’s little reason for it except me. I’m the problem. It's been a busy year so far; what can I say?

Jul 16 • 

Fallon Clark

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Do what you need to do while pursuing what makes your heart positively sing

Sixteen years later, I've come full circle and am back on the path I should have taken the first time.

Jul 1 • 

Fallon Clark

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June 2025

Anxious millennial artists will get their due

We are at a cultural crossroads, a battle between artificiality and reality — humanity — a moment that will define a generation.

Jun 25 • 

Fallon Clark

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I used to be supporting cast. Then I gave birth to my daughter.

in response to Andrew Boryga's thoughtful essay on fatherhood, ego, writing, and fulfillment

Jun 17 • 

Fallon Clark

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The Fourth Turning

How a prophetic book from 1997 shook my Crisis-Millennial core in the best and most optimistic way

Jun 4 • 

Fallon Clark

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May 2025

The Elite Package

A micro-creepy in 80 words

May 22 • 

Fallon Clark

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Wild Violets Are For Detoxing

When sore throats, colds, and fevers happen, I skip the pharmacy and visit the backyard instead.

May 8 • 

Fallon Clark

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