About

Miraculously,.. you have found my writing.

My name is Craig Maciolek. First and foremost I am an evolutionist. A cornerstone of which is knowing that it is very dangerous to believe there is only one solution to a problem or challenge. It is very healthy and advantageous for life to evolve in many different directions.

I am locked in a constant battle to keep my mind from drowning in an ocean of reoccurring thoughts. The solution I use is to write, purging the old, but making room for new things to trickle in. There is no stopping it.

Call it mind archaeology. Where the act of writing the stories, essays, and prose can reveal shards of ideas and concepts that I then assemble into a larger document that is my own philosophy: “Maciolekism.”

Because I am an idiot, or a creature of habit, every time I sit down to edit I start at the beginning and only get halfway before I am distracted. As a result the first half is better than the second. For some time I will be starting my editing halfway; at the section titled “Individuals”.

It’ll be easier if we all agree that I don’t know what I’m talking about. Like any artist, I’m only sharing what I see in a way that makes sense to me.

About this sites organization:

In the blog;
- Assertions are quick tweet-like takes of current events.
- Impressions are a bit longer and worked up Assertions.
- Sketches are short and quick fictional scenes.
- Theories are the first inklings that are part of a larger thesis.
Pages;
- Explorations are my imaginations ramblings.
- Observations are me trying to be logical.
The lines dividing all these categories can be a bit gray at times.