Ryan Karmouta

Feb 21, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Osmund Agbo |Steven Zhang |Ryan Karmouta |Debra Shute

In a recent conversation, my good friend Joe posed what I believed was a thought-provoking question: “Why do you keep writing?” This interrogation, replete with profound connotations, subtly conveyed his conviction that expending substantial temporal resources on the lamentation of the world’s ostensibly insurmountable predicaments stands as a notably futile pursuit.

Jan 18, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Beverly Joyce |Jay Wong |Steven Zhang |Ryan Karmouta

Journaling was never my thing. I would buy a pretty journal with great intentions of writing in it regularly. I would write in it daily for a week or two, then forget for a few days, and then forget about it altogether. When I started writing to process some emotions about my mother and my relationship with her, my journal writing was meant to be a brief and cathartic exercise. Surprisingly, when I began writing, the words just flowed out of me. And suddenly, I was writing every day.

Oct 23, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Amanda Xi |Steven Zhang |Ryan Karmouta

One of the most memorable scenes in Goodfellas occurs early on, when the audience is introduced to most of the crew at the Bamboo Lounge. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) get into a tense exchange. Tommy seems to get offended after Henry calls him funny. “I’m funny how, Tommy wants to know?” “I mean, funny like a clown? I amuse you?

Oct 16, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Amanda Xi |Steven Zhang |Ryan Karmouta

Sir Isaac Newton dedicated as much, if not more, of his time to the study of alchemy than he did to the natural order of the universe, but most of his work as an alchemist remained unpublished until long after his death when a metal chest full of his belongings was auctioned in 1936. The great man of science, the first of the Age of Reason, was simultaneously the last of the magicians. To think that Newton may have thought more about levity than gravity seems absurd.

Oct 8, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Dan Rosandich |Steven Zhang |Ryan Karmouta

Today, more than one in five Americans are caregivers, providing care to an adult or child with special needs at some time in the past 12 months. Given this sobering statistic, I’m surprised we do not see as many health narratives written by caregivers as, say, doctors and patients, at least not in print. Caregiving is emotionally draining. However, writing when you are in a caregiving role is one of a handful ways to console and take care of yourself, to improve your well-being.