by Dylan | Jun 27, 2026 | Metaphor and Meaning, Music & Metal, Point of View, Psychology
The Unmarked Grave: In 100 Years, Will It Matter? Inspired by Black Flame – Bury Tomorrow There’s a kind of man who burns through every room he enters. Not with warmth. With friction. He argues when he could listen. He tears down when he could build. He...
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 | 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 | 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...
by Dylan | Feb 14, 2026 | Focus & Execution, Metaphor and Meaning, Music & Metal, Perspective
Fighting the Darkness: When Hope Feels Like a Fight Inspired by Fighting the Darkness – Primal Fear There is a version of darkness you can point at. It has teeth and intent. It wants something from you. Then there is the other version. Quiet. Heavy. It does not...
by Dylan | Jun 21, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Metaphor and Meaning, Music & Metal, Point of View
Inspired by Diggy Diggy Hole — Wind Rose Most brand teams have a deck. Most have a mission statement. Most have a Slack channel where people react with thumbs-up and move on. What they don’t have is a crew. Team alignment in branding isn’t a workshop output. It’s the...
