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The day lily died before I could finish painting it
And other reflections on time
Jun 18
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Robyn Ryle
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The day lily died before I could finish painting it
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Am I a heartless wretch? Was Georgia O'Keeffe? Are all artists heartless wretches?
Still on my lives of artists kick
Jun 9
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Robyn Ryle
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Am I a heartless wretch? Was Georgia O'Keeffe? Are all artists heartless wretches?
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I spend hours staring at things
And the thing is not my phone
Jun 2
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Robyn Ryle
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I spend hours staring at things
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May 2025
Painting people is hard
And so is writing them
May 26
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Robyn Ryle
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Painting people is hard
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Sometimes we have to break the world into the smallest possible bits in order to really see it
Van Gogh's perspective frame and writing a novel (or not) and other stuff
May 19
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Robyn Ryle
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Sometimes we have to break the world into the smallest possible bits in order to really see it
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Would Van Gogh have hated Mother's Day, too?
Part 3 in my obsessive deep dive into Vincent Van Gogh. Yes, it's still really all about me.
May 11
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Robyn Ryle
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Would Van Gogh have hated Mother's Day, too?
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This is not a post about Glennon Doyle
It's about Van Gogh, or really, like all things, it's about me
May 4
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Robyn Ryle
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This is not a post about Glennon Doyle
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April 2025
What if Van Gogh wasn't actually talented?
Or what is talent anyway?
Apr 28
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Robyn Ryle
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What if Van Gogh wasn't actually talented?
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On zombies and racial reconciliation
A review of Percival Everett's novel, The Trees
Apr 25
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Robyn Ryle
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On zombies and racial reconciliation
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Apparently, the problem is that I cannot be serious
Figuring out the kind of writer I am now
Apr 21
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Robyn Ryle
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Apparently, the problem is that I cannot be serious
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Maybe I don't want to be doing this anymore
Do I hate writing or just my writing chair?
Apr 14
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Robyn Ryle
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Maybe I don't want to be doing this anymore
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March 2025
Dear Robyn, you will not be on the Johnny Carson show, but it will still be okay
A letter to my teenage self
Mar 25
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Robyn Ryle
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Dear Robyn, you will not be on the Johnny Carson show, but it will still be okay
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