I’m Daniel — Poet, Writer, Tinkerer

This site is a Digital Garden — an organic space that is meant to be explored as I work and tend it.

Here you’ll find longer form articles and poems as well as my raw notes.

• About Me
• My book of poetry
• My Web Development Portfolio
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Latest Blog Posts

• January 10, 2022

  How should progress be tracked?
  Every year around this time I run into the same feeling -- resistance. The point when the new year's habits I want to establish into the…
  • growth
  • progress
  • bullet journal
  • tree

• January 8, 2022

  2022 - The year of the blog?
  2022 the year we hope the pandemic finally comes to an end, a year of new hope, of midterm elections (what already?), a year of new jobs…
  • new beginnings
  • writing
  • blog
  • habit

Featured Articles

• Create a Basic Svelte Site
  A short guide to creating a simple Svelte site with animations and transitions.
  • svelte
  • website
  • animation
• Hypertext Writing
  Every medium has its strengths. There are considerable strengths inherent to a digital, web-based, way of thinking -- first and foremost is the sheer amount of interactivity and connections you can make.
  • writing
  • hypertext-thinking
  • xanadu
  • ted-nelson
  • website
  • digital thinking
• Art Doesn't Have to be Viral
  The promise of the internet is one of instant fame, and if you play your cards right, fortune that can literally take you to the stars, but is that really art's purpose?
  • art
  • culture-care
  • relationship
  • community

Featured Poems

• Time must now sit still
  A haiku by D.S. Chapman
  • haiku
  • ayop
  • time
• The Nighthawk
  A poem by D.S. Chapman
  • ayop
  • time
  • death
  • moon
• Sunset
  A poem from Seasons of Thought by D.S. Chapman
  • autumn
  • rain
  • love
  • light
• Evergreen
  🌲 A poem by D.S. Chapman
  • nature
  • tree
  • northwest
  • autumn
  • fall
  • home
  • ayop
• Evening Praise
  A poem from Seasons of Thought by D.S. Chapman
  • evening
  • praise
  • ayop
  • spring