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Anxiety In a Trying Time

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 MauriceBlather

Now is a bad time to have anxiety. As I write this, I am living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Things are very different from what they were two weeks ago. At that time, the disease[…]

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Apocalypse Arcade Ossua

Apocalypse Arcade

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 MauriceCreative

Like many in my country, I’m being encouraged to stay inside right now while CoVid-19 is burning through our cities. I’m spending time with my wife, FaceTiming with relatives and friends, and building a shelf[…]

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They Killed Our Parents Ossua

A Poem In Just Over 208 Words – They Killed Our Parents

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 MauriceBlather

Yesterday, I posted a short story of under 200 words with an interest in perhaps altering it. This has come to pass. I am typically not of a mind for poetry. I’ve nothing against poetry,[…]

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A Story In 200 Words They Killed Our Parents

A Story in 200 Words – They Killed Our Parents

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 MauriceCreative

I recently listened to an episode of Start With This, a podcast about harnessing creativity by the creators of Welcome To Night Vale. Their most recent episode was on repetition, something which has been the[…]

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Ossua Creative Dispatch Nov 16 2018

A Dream Altered

November 16, 2018 MauriceBlather

Being creative seems to come with a lot of baggage, both real and perceived. When I was a kid I felt art inside of me wanting to burst out. I wasn’t afraid to fail. I[…]

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Becoming Maurice

September 4, 2018September 5, 2018 MauriceBlather

I wasn’t always Maurice. Well, I was, but I didn’t embrace it. Let me explain. I was born and promptly given my father’s name, which was also his father’s name. It wasn’t supposed to be like that.[…]

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