ideas – matt tullos: writer

The Mystery of Making Stuff Up

Posted by Matt Tullos May 5, 2024May 6, 2024ideas, Minutia, Poetry

Most creatives can’t explain how they do what they do. Formulas escape them. The mysterious process occurs somewhere between the prefrontal and motor association cortex. Apart from the mechanics of syntax, color, structure, template, perspective, and story arc, creators are at the mercy of something no one but God understands. Like little children at supper, […]

Communion: Avoiding the Awkward and Encountering the Amazing

Posted by Matt Tullos March 21, 2018March 21, 2018Blog, ideas

Growing up in the church, the Lord’s Supper often seemed mechanical, cold and unfamiliar to me. Why? Because it was done in a mechanical, cold, and unfamiliar way. The subtext of many of these celebrations seemed to be, “We only do this once every three months and so we barely know how this will […]