Toby Moore

According to Japanese legend, Amakuni Yasutsuna did not live in a peaceful age. He lived around 700 AD, before the samurai age that people usually imagine.

According to Japanese legend, Amakuni Yasutsuna did not live in a peaceful age. He lived around 700 A.D., before the samurai age that people usually imagine.

A pencil can draft a page, sketch a beam, mark a board, solve a problem, or capture an observation before it disappears. It does its job quietly, and it does not demand that the first attempt be flawless.

In this week's column, Toby Moore writes there is one way to make a connection.

Have you ever been in a conversation and suddenly felt yourself leave your own body? You were doing fine a minute ago.

If you spend too much of your life watching the crowd, eventually you stop asking what excites you, what moves you, and what feels true. You stop creating and start performing.

The most powerful man in the world still had to talk himself out of bed. Marcus Aurelius ruled Rome when Rome ruled much of the known world.

David Bowie once warned artists not to play to the gallery.

I want to tell you something you already know. Reasonable effort buys a reasonable life.