Hadley Hammer

Operating Manual: H-HAMMER1986, VERSION 3 INTENDED USE: You can use this appliance for partnership, friendship, siblingship and companionship.  Manufacturer disclaims all liability for damages of any kind caused by improper use.  READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This appliance is designed only for private use, and therefore is to be considered unsuitable for

The Discourse is back!! And dang does it feel good to be writing to you. After nearly two months of wrestling with technology and some heavy internal topics-I'm back writing again, thanks to my therapist and The Discourse website has gotten a needed refresh on the back-end and

It’s my first night sleeping by myself in over three weeks. They say it takes 21 days to make or break a habit, and my newfound habit is Mat.

Growth feels increasingly relevant as the seasons change and the years pass on. At 23 years old, I feel so distant from my childhood form yet not far enough. Finishing college and entering adulthood has been a shift that I couldn’t have imagined. I abandoned a lifestyle I’d

I am amazed at the way my body can open or close a door with little thought or effort. That my brain, without “my” intervention, can calculate the angle my elbow should extend to reach the handle. How it can send a signal to my muscles to determine the right

Some warning: this post is very long. But if you are interested in the writing craft-it’s one for you. Like I said, I’m at an artist residency so life has revolved only around writing.

I have been having a hard time piecing together memories of my childhood. I'm only 33, but pulling out memories like this feels like trying to will out the last goopy stuff in the corner of a dirty sink, with a big metal spoon.

Creativity is dead. Eaten up by the stress of everyday life. By Netflix and Spotify and Instagram and YouTube. How are you supposed to know yourself and how to remember who you are when you spend most of your time obsessing over the lives of strangers?