brian’s journey

Brian's Journey cover image for brianbeholds.com shows a person readign a book in blue Brian Tomlin shares stories from his own creative path. A constant struggle to overcome perfectionism and honor his strengths, brian’s journey is never ending.

I love stories. I love people watching. The creative world has always attracted me. This is my journey as I try to break out of my introverted, watching life paradigm. I want to create and connect.

Brian’s Journey Big Ideas

  • I don’t have to be perfect to act on my creative desires.
  • I’m far from perfect but I continue to work on my creative dreams.
  • I have learned to honor my own creative strengths.
  • My creativity is an all day, everyday part of who I am.
  • My path is to learn to respect my own particular nature as a man, a gay man, and as a creative being.

The Writing Graveyard: abandoned writing ideas

Brian Tomlin, age 4 typewriter

One of my new year’s resolutions for 2007 was to reconnect to my longstanding desire to write novels. Over the last ten years I have worked as a professional writer doing business writing and publicity for various organizations but somehow none of the personal, fictional projects I’ve started have ever amounted to anything. Over the

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