Tiny Essays: I've Learned the Mind is a Bicycle That Rides Itself and Other Things

Jake Berry Ellison, Jr.'s I’ve learned the mind is a bicycle that rides itself and other things offers a series of concise yet profound reflections on a life lived and observed. From the backroads of rural boyhood to the crowded buses of city life, Ellison reads the world like scripture: clouds, creeks, whiskey, wounds, and the strange mechanics of grace. With wit, grief, wonder, and grit, I’ve Learned is a free man's reckoning—a record of a life lived eyes open, heart banged up, and mind still racing. These “tiny essays” aren’t aphorisms or tweets. They’re built for readers who miss the sacred weight of a good sentence and the old-school pleasure of turning a page with the feeling that it might just open a door.