Egomania applies to someone who follows their own ungoverned impulses, is possessed by delusions of personal greatness, and feels a lack of appreciation. Someone suffering from this extreme egocentric focus is an egomaniac. The condition is psychologically abnormal.

New dog gets new clothes.

Be prepared to back up your promises to others.

There are moments when you need to leave dark relationships behind. Thank them and bless them for what they taught you and then, like Lot and his family did, turn and walk away. Don’t look back or you will turn into a pillar of salt.

There are times when the answer to things in life is a stern ‘no’, but it’s pointless to worry about that answer, for every plan gets revised as it develops. You just never know, in the end you might get a  ‘yes’.

I once used the word “executioner” instead of “performer” during an adult art lesson. The group chuckled and I laughed with them. In retrospective, I don’t think it was that bad of an idea to refer to an artist as an “executioner”. PAGE READ BY JAY ERKER

A hot summer day, when the exhausted air oppresses, and the dust and grit lay thick on everything.