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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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Roads less travelled
Why saying no to the default life is quickly becoming the default path in life.
Martyn Foster
Sep 19, 20254 min read
Popularity and Truth – Part II
“I’ve become so numb!”
Martyn Foster
Sep 12, 20253 min read
Compassion and Understanding
Going too far or not enough?
Martyn Foster
Sep 5, 20253 min read
Walking on a dream
How can I explain? It keeps me sane.
Martyn Foster
Aug 29, 20252 min read
Heroic life or heroic death
The inability to do the ordinary leads us to an extraordinary dichotomy.
Martyn Foster
Aug 22, 20254 min read
Potentiality and Actuality
Staying in “Wonderland” or a path of commitment and sacrifice.
Martyn Foster
Aug 15, 20253 min read
Why we’re as crazy and confused as we’ve ever been
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” – Cheshire Cat.
Martyn Foster
Aug 8, 20254 min read
Salvation lies within
The strength, resilience and power of the human soul.
Martyn Foster
May 30, 202513 min read
Capturing the essence
It’s not so much about factual truth, but spirit and soul.
Martyn Foster
May 23, 202511 min read
What if the bad guy won?
Getting away with crime doesn’t mean you escape punishment...or does it?
Martyn Foster
May 16, 202510 min read
The results of broken families
Misdirected energy and chasing what you wish you (still) had.
Martyn Foster
May 9, 202512 min read
Are we passengers or captains of our own ship?
Fate, free will, and making the best of where we are.
Martyn Foster
May 2, 20259 min read
Being liked, being criticised, being ignored
What's worse for the creative?
Martyn Foster
Apr 11, 20254 min read
Many are called, but few are chosen
A sample of ideas going on in my head.
Martyn Foster
Apr 4, 20254 min read
Tranquillity
Searching for peace in amongst the chaos.
Martyn Foster
Mar 28, 20252 min read
Breaking point
What happens when we force things.
Martyn Foster
Mar 21, 20253 min read
I, a stranger and afraid…
…in a world I never made.
Martyn Foster
Mar 14, 20252 min read
Empathy and The Ego
Why everyone putting themselves first helps no one
Martyn Foster
Mar 7, 20254 min read
Life and Death
One giveth, one taketh…
Martyn Foster
Feb 28, 20253 min read
With age comes wisdom…and sometimes mould as well
Challenging our default mode of being.
Martyn Foster
Feb 21, 20253 min read
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