Dean Kent
@deankent-writer.bsky.social
Writer / Poet
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Be yourself.
Pursue work you’re suited for and enjoy.
Find a way to have ownership of your output.
And everything else will fall in place.
Pursue work you’re suited for and enjoy.
Find a way to have ownership of your output.
And everything else will fall in place.
“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”
― Abraham Lincoln (1859)
― Abraham Lincoln (1859)
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”
― Abraham Lincoln (1859)
― Abraham Lincoln (1859)
I read Walter Isaacson's bio on Leonardo Da Vinci recently. It spurred some thoughts.
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I read Walter Isaacson's bio on Leonardo Da Vinci recently. It spurred some thoughts.
This is a reading of a short piece I wrote on March 18th, 2018.
It was a period of great emotional upheaval for me.
I was trying to comprehend what I was experiencing as I delved deeper into...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7M...
It was a period of great emotional upheaval for me.
I was trying to comprehend what I was experiencing as I delved deeper into...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7M...
How To Increase Awareness In Life | How Concentration Practices Help Us Learn and Grow Faster
YouTube video by Dean Kent
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is a reading of a short piece I wrote on March 18th, 2018.
It was a period of great emotional upheaval for me.
I was trying to comprehend what I was experiencing as I delved deeper into...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7M...
It was a period of great emotional upheaval for me.
I was trying to comprehend what I was experiencing as I delved deeper into...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7M...
I gripe a lot, mostly to myself–internally. I don't like it; it's a waste of time. I'm working on it.
August 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I gripe a lot, mostly to myself–internally. I don't like it; it's a waste of time. I'm working on it.
You deserve a creative life. Ignore the naysayers and move forward.
August 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You deserve a creative life. Ignore the naysayers and move forward.
Explore what's barely conscious to you. That's how you grow.
August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Explore what's barely conscious to you. That's how you grow.
Watching the news is masochistic.
August 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Watching the news is masochistic.
In a society as stressed as ours, learning to relax has become civic duty.
July 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In a society as stressed as ours, learning to relax has become civic duty.
Who we think we are doesn't exist.
July 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Who we think we are doesn't exist.
People weren't made to sit in a cubicle staring at a screen 8 hours a day.
July 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
People weren't made to sit in a cubicle staring at a screen 8 hours a day.
The truth of who we are is beyond words.
July 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The truth of who we are is beyond words.
I create things that I love and things that help me to grow. And, hopefully, things that might be interesting or helpful to someone else. This is therapy for me and gives me purpose.
June 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I create things that I love and things that help me to grow. And, hopefully, things that might be interesting or helpful to someone else. This is therapy for me and gives me purpose.
Believe in your own worth.
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Believe in your own worth.
Our need to create is a byproduct of the subtle but ever-flowing energy within and around us. It is those who followed their own interests that we still talk about. While the world raged on, they fell in love with something that others never noticed.
May 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our need to create is a byproduct of the subtle but ever-flowing energy within and around us. It is those who followed their own interests that we still talk about. While the world raged on, they fell in love with something that others never noticed.
Give yourself and others space to grow.
May 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Give yourself and others space to grow.
Just being a reasonable person will take you a long way in life.
May 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just being a reasonable person will take you a long way in life.
Blaming others gives them power they don't deserve. Radical forgiveness is about restoring our power and reclaiming our lives.
May 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Blaming others gives them power they don't deserve. Radical forgiveness is about restoring our power and reclaiming our lives.
Reposted by Dean Kent
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
May 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Reposted by Dean Kent
Brian Cox ~ The purpose of life?
May 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Brian Cox ~ The purpose of life?
Your creative vision is sacred. You should clarify it as much as possible.
May 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Your creative vision is sacred. You should clarify it as much as possible.
Meditation allows the false self to implode. And the authentic self to emerge from the rubble.
April 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Meditation allows the false self to implode. And the authentic self to emerge from the rubble.
You must start a war of attrition with the part of yourself that doesn’t believe you can make your vision work. You have to anticipate its arrival and outmaneuver it.
April 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
You must start a war of attrition with the part of yourself that doesn’t believe you can make your vision work. You have to anticipate its arrival and outmaneuver it.