Tag: transformations
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Attempts (poem)
I must’ve been difficult to handle alone. My kind of trouble makes bones of bodies, sand of bones.
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What One Player-Coach Conversation Taught Me about Transformations, the Uses (and Limits) of Frustration, and When to Let Go of (Some) Authority.
I called the player over after practice had ended. “Do we have a problem?” I asked him. “Do you want brutal honesty?” I said yes, I did. He looked at the empty field, the sky, the fenced horse pasture beyond. Then he started talking.
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Quitter – Part 1
Ever looked at an old photograph of yourself and seen someone you didn’t recognize? I don’t have handy that particular photo of myself, but it’s so clear in mind it might as well be sitting on my desk now, awaiting description: there’s me, shirtless and tub-gutted, standing on rock and pointing at something — or nothing — some ways out on Lake…
Patrick Faller 