Joel Willson

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I’m reading about duende.   Natasha Trethewey introduced the concept to me when speaking about her mother who was murdered.    Not long after she died, I had a dream about her. In the dream, she said to me, do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals? And I was […]

Music is mostly an event based medium.  It’s the soundtrack for our lives.   Church music, adventure music, sports music, study music, writing music, meditation music, celebration music, work out music, movie music,  Christmas music, wedding music,  travel music,  etc…   The reason we come back to music is because of emotional connection.  It makes us […]

Our world is growing increasingly more digital. We live in a society where you can essentially never interact with other humans in a meaningful way. Those that are able to successfully create and foster deep connection will be the winners in the next 10 to 15 years. Connection is the differentiator. Opening new relationships and […]

We made a short film!     You can read more about it here

Hemingway wrote in the morning and read in the evening. Things get stagnant without new input. My theory is that diversity in will create a unique perspective going out. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel. I want to stand on the shoulders of giants.

Maybe it’s not what we have but what we give away that makes a difference.   Some relationships I’ve invested in and gotten a great return.  Others were worthless.   Some people are invaluable.  Some are time suckers.   It’s hard to know.   What I do know is that investing is important.  Investing in […]