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Articles by Mike Patterson
Is Pop Music’s Affair With Obsessive Love Ruining Our Relationships
Have you ever paid attention to the lyrics of ANY Maroon 5 song? And if so, is there any wonder why our popular notions of love are so skewed? Ever since my wife threw “Payphone” into my Spotify playlist, I’ve been served a good amount of Maroon 5 and oh my, it’s quite shocking how much we mistake dopamine love for authentic love in our culture. Let me explain. The Greeks believed there were 8 different types of love.
Men, the Answer Is Right in Front of Your Face and its Been Around for Centuries
I’ve always loved globes. In an age where Google Maps and GPS rules the day, I still find solace spinning a globe on its axis and locating random places in the world. There’s something about the dimensionality of a globe that brings me back to my roots. I feel the same way about structures that help us understand life and the world around us. Things like Spiral Dynamics, The Enneagram, The Hero’s Journey and the Four Male Archetypes. They’re all frameworks around which to build our lives.
The Two Things Every Man MUST Have in His Life
I’ve been reading quite a bit lately about the crisis we men find ourselves in today. Not that there’s a lot of sympathy for the state of men in our world, but we DO face significant issues. As with many things, the solutions are simple, but not easy. And as we know, us men like to keep it simple since our reptilian brains can only take so much information.
Forty-Four Books Advance to the BookLife Prize Quarterfinals
Forty-four books from across four categories have advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 2021 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest. Please note that while all books have been processed and assessed, we are still editing a very small number of Critic's Reports, all of which will be completed by March 18.
Hey! Slow Down Already!
The silver lining of the Covid pandemic is that we’ve all been forced to re-evaluate our pace…and hopefully slow the f**k down! I was on the treadmill at the gym last week and “Picasso Baby” by JayZ came on my playlist. I hit a jog and got on the beat, running perfectly on pace with the tempo of the song. “Jeff Koons balloons, I just wanna blow up Condos in my condos, I wanna row of Christie’s with my missy, live at the MoMA Bacons and turkey bacons, smell the aroma…” Suddenly there was no effort.
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