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My Artistic Calling: Choosing my path

creative process / Brian Tomlin / November 1, 2017 / brian belongs, life paths, purpose

A False Start on My Path When I was 21 (way back in the olden days of 1996), I graduated from undergrad school with a major in English and a dubious minor in French. I thought I was going to be an academic, or a teacher at least. Failing that I was then going to […]

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Why Vote: duty, apathy and my civic evolution

creative justice / Brian Tomlin / November 7, 2016 / awareness, brian belongs, obligation

Political Apathy by Example When I was growing up, most of the adults around me seemed bitter about politics. They had lived through the Vietnam War, inflation and a great period of social change and upheaval. By the time I was aware of things, many of the adults around me had given up hope of

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