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    • 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
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  • 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!
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
August 24, 2026

Bug's Nap — The Illustratoring

August 24, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Bug's Nap — The Illustratoring

In which I belatedly chat about illustrating the next Bug book, “A Bug’s Nap”…

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Bug, Writing
Abortive Attempts, Successive Approximation
August 17, 2026

Bug's Nap — The Writering

August 17, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Bug's Nap — The Writering

In which I go back over the process I followed in creating “A Bug’s Nap,” the next in the BugVerse children’s series…

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August 17, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Bug, Writing, Lichtenbergianism
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation, Waste Books
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 29, 2026

Triumph!

July 29, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Triumph!

In which I chortle with devious glee at having conned the Backstreet Writers Group into writing some EXCELLENT children’s books…

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Backstreet Writers, Writing, Bug
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
July 20, 2026

Making that children's book

July 20, 2026/ Dale Lyles
Making that children's book

In which I show off my impending children’s book, an assignment for the Backstreet Writers…

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July 20, 2026/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Backstreet Writers, Writing, Bug
Waste Books, Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
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
January 05, 2026

GESTALTing your way to productivity... with Lichtenbergianism!

January 05, 2026/ Dale Lyles
GESTALTing your way to productivity... with Lichtenbergianism!

In which I continue to guide you through an assessment designed to help you understand ways to be more productive through the Lichtenbergian Precepts…

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Lichtenbergianism
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
December 01, 2025

It's a mystery.

December 01, 2025/ Dale Lyles
It's a mystery.

In which I try to explain, once again, how I do it when I've not been trained to do it…

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Composing, Ten Little Waltzes
Steal from the Best, Successive Approximation, Gestalt, Abortive Attempts
November 19, 2025

A teachable moment

November 19, 2025/ Dale Lyles
A teachable moment

In which a young person’s distress turns into a triumph…

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Unsilent Night
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation
October 27, 2025

Man, if this isn't a metaphor...

October 27, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Man, if this isn't a metaphor...

In which I return to Default World with a simple project…

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October 27, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Task Avoidance, 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!
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/

Lichtenbergianism

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