Life is not a game or a competition. I think the best analogy I have heard is that it is a journey. And even that suggests a linear path that has not come to fruition in my own personal life. Life just is. But I like to think of things in terms of sports because […]
Category: Meet the Curator
An ambitious essay series designed to thoroughly introduce the thoughts and philosophies of Wilder Herstun. Meet the Curator will transverse the alphabet and feature titles like, “Tape B: Side 1. The Battle to Believe” and “Tape A: Side 2. The Art of Adventure”. If you have a rainy Sunday and nothing else to do then this is the perfect place for you. Come meet the mind behind the maker. Meet the curator. But beware because Herstun wild.
The truth is that Creativity straddles Crazy like a child playing hopscotch on a dark summer’s day. Come meet Creativity in this short story by Wilde!
I am going to give you a little Ruha and hope that a little Ruha here and there will keep the Nazis at bay. Because Lord knows we can’t keep them away, white supremacy and our precious country are synonymous after all. So, please meet Dr. Ruha Benjamin, an American Professor McGonagall.
As a teenager, I found endless energy for basketball. I remember spending countless days and evenings in hot gymnasiums with 10-12 other sweaty girls. We learned plays; we practiced motions, and we worked hard; then we slouched off, laughed and fought. Mostly, we played basketball. And some of us learned about life from some amazing […]
What does home mean? And what does it have to do with rising strong? It’s another edition of Meet the Curator.
Welcome back to the wacky stream-of-consciousness that is my thought process. Ha. I hope that you find your way to the end of this train and get ready to get lit with your favorite Herstun Writer! Get Lit: Texas Tales September has come and gone faster than I could have ever expected. Trying to juggle […]
Welcome back to a special interlude episode of 101.5 Wilde thoughts exclusively here on Herstun FM Readio. Once again, welcome to my mind. Companion Tracks – War Cry – Queen Naija & Revolution by Kirk Franklin Another experiment in my fractured thought. I love music. A lot of things I write are wound up in […]
So. I didn’t have my first twitter account until I was officially 31 years old or like, maybe two weeks before. I was pretty set in my Facebook box and my IG life. Threw some Snap in here and there. But when I decided to start writing a book my friend told me that I […]
Meet the curator. Tape A. Side 1.
I am W. D. Herstun. The owner and curator of the site that is coming together before your eyes. It is an interesting place to join the journey. So. I’ll try to start you somewhere closer to the beginning.