Bobster Blog

My dark night of the soul has been lodging with me for years now. To be fair, it does the washing up sometimes, but it really ought to start...

Every mark you make, word you speak, or choice you act upon is a vote for the kind of world that will exist tomorrow. Culture, politics, eco...

Every time you reach for your phone when you’re bored, you’re rehearsing distraction. Every time you choose silence over honesty, you’re ...

Criticism is valuable—no work is ever perfect. But its usefulness depends entirely on its quality. Poor criticism often says more about the ...

Every aspect of a person could be sampled, scaled, and extrapolated by AI. Not just voice, features, movement, but also personality and way ...

One must remember: Evil pretends to be the divine. The wilfully guilty frame others for their sins.​ Cruelty cloaks itself as the guardian o...

I’m not interested in your hair, eye or skin colour. I don’t care what type of person you fancy. I don’t care what you identify as or belief...

To be open with yourself and the world, and not concerned with how that is perceived, is freedom from a prison of mental constructions; howe...

My engine is fuelled by plants, which means the system is cleaned, rather than clogged up with rotting flesh. There is an irony when people ...

Confirmation bias afflicts even the most objective thinkers. I am generally sceptical that people, especially in our current febrile state, ...

A fear of loneliness leads to desperate actions initiating pain. Enjoying the peace of solitude is breaking free from this chronic condition...

A fear of loneliness leads to desperate actions initiating pain. Enjoying the peace of solitude is breaking free from this chronic condition...

Slot-in, copy and repeat, replace yourself, wear-out, then die. Look down on someone to be a success. Or change the program.

Live a day like it is a life in entirety. First thought on waking is gratitude for the new day you will see. Last thought is gratitude for t...

The first stage of learning is being unconsciously incompetent: you don’t know what you’re not good at because you don’t know what you don’t...

Anger. What a silly thing. Is it of any use? Nope, it unbalances you. The orcs in the Lord of the Rings are driven by fury and are utterly u...

Never ever put yourself down.  Reasons: Some people will revel in doing it for you. For their sake as much as yours, don’t make the conditio...

I seem to get satisfaction out of pushing myself physically – maybe because in my mind I am subscribing to the motto “no pain, no gain”. A v...

Original thinkers, artists and spiritual figures often had some of their best insights in the wilderness, in periods of solitude, outside of...

All human beings are unique. Uniqueness doesn’t have a category. Categories confine a life to a label stamped on the head. Categories are bo...