This is an impromptu and nonfancy video where I enjoy a cigar, reintroduce myself, and talk about why I am again taking up the pen after fifteen months.Thanks for reading Things to Realize! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

In which an old man plays a sprightly young queen bee, and highlights Man’s folly by celebrating E. B. White.Thanks for reading Things to Realize! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

Aaaaand, we’re back with the latest episode of the Things to Realize Podcast. Thanks for reading Things to Realize! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

We’re back after a bit of a delay, and we are starting with the April 4 edition of the newsletter, with some addition comment and color! Please let me know what you think, comment and share and like! Thanks for reading Things to Realize! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

I try a new take on the podcast for this week: Fiction. As I was looking at how to address some of the subjects on my backlog, the idea of Moon’s Gift came to me. It’s the story of an amateur mycologist who discovers a new mushroom with special powers, and what happens as a result. This week is part 1. Please let me know what you think!And please, like, share, comment, and subscribe! Thank you for listening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

This week we look at two new favorite things, things that have been around for years but somehow escaped notice: the movie Almost Famous, and a definitely not famous song called “You’re Not Alone” by Amon Düül II. Thank you for listening! And as always, comment, share, and like, and if you havent’t already, subscribe! Thank you so much for listening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

This week is about creativity popping up into the general human consciousness. We have excerpts from Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker, touch upon telepathy and ripples in the ether, and especially, discuss the wonderful interview Dan Carlin had with Rick Rubin. And since we are all freaking out about Artificial Intelligence, we have a visit from Sydney, Microsoft Bing’s love-struck obsessive AI Language Model depicted below.Bing Chat Sydney out on the townEnjoy, my friends. As as always, comment, share, and like, and if you havnt’t already, subscribe! Than you so much for listening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

The audio version of the February 14th edition of “Things to Realize” for my “audio-centric” friends. This week’s topics are the value of being an artist, and the fading of cultural references, and I touch a bit on Valentines Day.Links referenced:Alyssa Brandt “What Does Writing Smell Like?” from The New Yorker.Jerry Saltz article in Vulture “How to be an Artist.”Fred Astaire and the amazing Eleanor Powell, “Begin the Beguine.”E. B. White, “Song of the Queen Bee” from The New Yorker. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com

In this crazy world, what is sanity? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markpatterson.substack.com