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QWAN - Quality Without A Name

The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster

Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.

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fingers playing with miniature ceramic bowl and vase

fingers playing with miniature ceramic bowl and vase

Sweating the small stuff

The magnification of small indiscretions in a safer and more ethical society.

4 minutes ago3 min read

red stop road sign during daytime

red stop road sign during daytime

Why does everyone seem to hate everyone else?

A truly saddening and maddening time.

Oct 23 min read

two tall buildings next to each other

two tall buildings next to each other

The day the earth stood still

25 years on.

Sep 114 min read

rolling sand dunes in desert landscape

rolling sand dunes in desert landscape

Lost in the desert…

…no direction is safe.

Sep 44 min read

hero sign in coloured lights

hero sign in coloured lights

People don’t believe in heroes anymore

Give them back their heroes? Maybe we don’t demand them.

Aug 283 min read

person carrying yellow and black backpack walking between green plants in wilderness

person carrying yellow and black backpack walking between green plants in wilderness

Underutilised, underemployed, underappreciated…

…and the call to adventure.

Aug 213 min read

silhouette of woman sitting on beach during sunset

silhouette of woman sitting on beach during sunset

How did we end up here?

Why we didn’t see our lives turning out this way.

Aug 144 min read

Miniature person sitting on stack of coins reading newspaper

Miniature person sitting on stack of coins reading newspaper

Money

Is that all it boils down to in the end?

Aug 72 min read

people walking on street during daytime

people walking on street during daytime

How do I keep sane

Dealing with all the madness without going mad.

Jul 314 min read

green wooden bench and autumn leaves on grass covered field near trees during day

green wooden bench and autumn leaves on grass covered field near trees during day

You say it best…

...when you say nothing at all.

Jul 242 min read

in flight dove

in flight dove

Peace

Why are you so elusive?

Jul 173 min read

brown squirrel on tree branch during daytime

brown squirrel on tree branch during daytime

Where are the interesting people?

In our strive for greater authenticity, we’ve somehow become all the same.

Jul 103 min read

white stone buddha statue in shadow

white stone buddha statue in shadow

So be it

Not as cynical passivity or resignation, but as wisdom and acceptance.

Jul 33 min read

airplane on ground surrounded with trees

airplane on ground surrounded with trees

The arbitrary nature of life

Explaining the inexplicable.

Jun 122 min read

Sustained excellence

Sustained excellence

Sustained excellence

My beloved San Antonio Spurs – back in the playoffs and back in the Finals.

Jun 55 min read

blue and white car painted symbol on parking spot tarmac

blue and white car painted symbol on parking spot tarmac

New ICE Age

The Internal Combustion Engine and the troublesome transitioning to electric vehicles.

May 294 min read

a car driving on a road surrounded trees

a car driving on a road surrounded trees

A love letter to the car

Or maybe a more sad and tragic note.

May 225 min read

brown wooden house in forest during daytime

brown wooden house in forest during daytime

Solitude

It’s not always over the hill and far away…

May 152 min read

a statue of socrates in Athens, Greece.

a statue of socrates in Athens, Greece.

I know one thing and that is I know nothing

A lesson in Socratic humility.

May 85 min read

sunrise at the beach over the ocean

sunrise at the beach over the ocean

Control what you can control

In a world of constant chaos remember this stoic principle.

May 13 min read

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