by Dylan | Jun 8, 2026 | Metaphor and Meaning, Music & Metal, Perspective, Point of View
Stop Chasing Demons: 5 Brutal Truths About Inner Struggle Inspired by Chasing Demons – Jasta (feat. Howard Jones) There is a version of you that keeps showing back up. Not the worst version. Not the broken one. Just the familiar one – the one that runs. The one...
by Dylan | Jun 6, 2026 | Music & Metal, Perspective, Point of View
Seeing and Being Seen: What Motherload by Mastodon Reveals Inspired by Motherload – Mastodon You are carrying something heavy and no one knows. Or they know, but they look away. The isolation is not just in the struggle. It is in the invisibility of it. You could be...
by Dylan | May 29, 2026 | Metaphor and Meaning, Point of View, Positioning & Messaging
The Brand Trade: What Sharp Brand Positioning Really Costs A perspective on equivalent exchange and what building a real brand requires you to give up I wasn’t doing research. I was just watching. A few weeks into Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the show lays...
by Dylan | May 7, 2026 | Culture & Society, Perspective, Point of View
A perspective on what conversation has quietly become You walk out of a conversation and a few hours later you cannot quite remember what was said. Not the broad shape of it. The actual words, the points that were made, the things you supposedly agreed on or pushed...
by Dylan | Mar 5, 2026 | Metaphor and Meaning, Music & Metal, Perspective
The Swarm Is Already Here: Identity Erosion and the Noise That Ate Your Self Inspired by Locust – Machine Head You didn’t notice it arrive. That’s the point. Identity erosion doesn’t announce itself or send a warning. One day you sit down somewhere...
