One-Sentence Commute #4 2025

the redundant truth

For the next 8 weeks, on Wednesdays, you’ll receive a one-sentence commute prompt. For 2025, all 12 are free for everyone because it’s summer and the air smells nice when it’s warm - at least until sometime in July.

Whether you’re bussing, driving, or walking to work or school or wherever it is you go, these prompts are designed to work with your brain’s relentless desire to find answers.

Ask yourself a question, wait for your mind to answer you.

This week’s question is about truth. I know I know. It doesn’t really exist right now, not in any real way.

Your questions:

Think about something that keeps returning to your mind. A song or a shitty political moment in the news or a tragedy. It doesn’t matter the depth or tone.

Ask: What is the truth of this thing? Why does it keep coming back to me?

Ask yourself the question, follow your mind around until you like the answer. Memorize one sentence, a good sentence.

When you get to a piece of paper and 5 spare minutes, write the line and a paragraph underneath it. Use it to start your next story, essay, or poem.