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    • Glossary
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    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
    • Bug!
    • The Compleat Period Dancer
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
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Lichtenbergianism
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
    • Bug!
    • The Compleat Period Dancer
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
November 03, 2026

The Turning of the Tide

November 03, 2026/ Dale Lyles
The Turning of the Tide

In which I muse upon and offer advice about that interesting stretch of time between projects…

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Creative Spirit
Abandonment
October 30, 2026

Fun Friday Resources

October 30, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I write an entire blog post to encourage you to go read another blog about the creative process…

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& Zine, Artists, Creative Spirit, Fonts, Materials, Resources
Abortive Attempts, Abandonment
October 19, 2026

Lessons from A Bug's Dream

October 19, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Lessons from A Bug's Dream

In which I lay bare the Lichtenbergian processes involved in the completion of “A Bug’s Dream,” the third volume in the universally-beloved, award-winning** series the BugVerse Chronicles…

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Bug, Writing, Beethoven Blueprint
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation, Abandonment
October 14, 2026

And now... A BUG'S NAP!

October 14, 2026/ Dale Lyles
And now... A BUG'S NAP!

In which I offer you the long-awaited second volume of the universally-beloved, award-winning** children’s series, the BugVerse Chronicles: “A Bug’s Nap”…

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Bug
Audience, Abandonment
October 05, 2026

A project that might almost be finished!

October 05, 2026/ Dale Lyles
A project that might almost be finished!

In which I exult that my odd project — The Compleat Period Dancer — will soon be finished…

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Period Dance
Abandonment
August 05, 2026

Hum along!

August 05, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Hum along!

In which I muse on “leaving a legacy”…

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Creative Spirit, Keep going, Lessons from the Folk, Personal
Audience, Abandonment
August 03, 2026

I would never!

August 03, 2026/ Dale Lyles
I would never!

In which I share the finished version of “I Would Never,” a scurrilous patter song for a Groucho–Marx-based character…

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Day in the Moonlight, Composing
Gestalt, Abandonment, Successive Approximation
July 31, 2026

You should publish this.

July 31, 2026/ Dale Lyles
You should publish this.

In which I promote my soon-to-be-award-winning, internationally-beloved, critically acclaimed (as soon as I finish it) children’s book “A Bug’s Lunch”…

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Writing, Shameless Self-Promotion, Backstreet Writers, Bug
Audience, Abandonment
June 26, 2026

To our children we shall say...

June 26, 2026/ Dale Lyles
To our children we shall say...

In which I share a post from my personal blog about a beautiful human that I was allowed to call “friend”…

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William Blake's Inn
Abandonment
June 22, 2026

About that whole "deadline" concept...

June 22, 2026/ Dale Lyles
About that whole "deadline" concept...

In which I finally overcome my inertia and finish the cover for the Backstreet Community Arts &… Zine at the very last minute…

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& Zine
Abandonment, Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, shinyperfect, Successive Approximation
  • Next
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
    • Self Assessment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
    • Bug!
    • The Compleat Period Dancer
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/

Lichtenbergianism

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