May 2012
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Sitting
Drinking, laying down like washed up men who fall asleep on dirty, grimy couches and wake up only to yell at you for changing the channel, ignoring the fact that they clearly weren’t watching their stupid game through their eyelids and obnoxious snores. Walking nowhere in particular besides the next five feet in front of me, or how far my vision carries me, like a nomad, a loner, a drug...
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I wish
Dear Reader,
I wish I could write like I beg you to. I wish I could think like I encourage all of the people around me to. I can’t. Not always. I don’t claim to be all knowing or a step ahead anyone else. I only claim to be conscious of the fact that my mind needs cultivation. It needs an environment in which it can grow. It needs practice and care, and the scary part is how...
April 2012
5 posts
“Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask...”
– Carl Sagan (via ha-des)
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What is Enlightenment?
“What is Enlightenment?”
Kant describes his idea of enlightenment similar to the idea of individualism. He begins his article by stating that Enlightenment is the ability of a man to escape immaturity, and immaturity is man not being able to use his own mind, his knowledge and guidance, without the guiding hand of another person. Kant urges people in general to have the courage to be...
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Calling all writers.
Dear Reader,
Dear writer,
I want you to write. When I say I want you to write, I don’t mean sit down and write some mediocre poem that stands up to the expectations of teachers and peers and loved ones who lie to you and tell you, “that’s good. No, really.” when they didn’t read the poem or prose or drama or journal entry or whatever you allow them to see. I want...
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poet
I am a poet.
I am
A writer
I am
A dreamer, a thinker, a philosopher, an awkward self centered individual who tends to drift in and out of focus.
To my own conscience
And to yours.
Cheers.
I am a poet, I promise.
I have the black coffee addiction
The occasional alcoholic beverage best enjoyed alone while watching some obscure independent film on absolutely
Nothing.
I’ve got the bukowski paperback...
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Change
Don’t be afraid to make a change in your life. Even a drastic one. If you’re not satisfied with the way your life is going or who you are, find the things that are making you unhappy and change them. Attack them as if they were disease within your body. Your body attacks diseases, and your mind should attack those things in your life that make you unhappy. The only difference is...
March 2012
4 posts
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Reader response of "Traveling Through the Dark."
This is my reader response to the poem featured in the link below. It was for Literary Criticism class. I thought the poem was beautiful, so I decided to share.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/poem185.html
William Stafford’s poem, “Traveling Through the Dark,” is a complex poem open for interpretation by its readers. It is clear that the poem...
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Mystery
“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”
-Charles Dickens
Dear Reader,
If for nothing else, this is a reason for interaction. Every human being is a mystery. It’s difficult to escape the view of other human beings as being one conglomerated mass like a sea of people who have no purpose...
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Oblivious
Dear Reader,
The ability to think and reason is a gift to mankind, but most of us don’t use it properly. We jump on bandwagon causes that we know nothing about, shirking from any sort of research because we associate it with school. Learning is frowned upon and awareness of anything, whether it be problems in our own country or issues abroad, is reduced to information through flashy...
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Dear Reader
I urge you, as I have before, to surround yourself with nature, to get away from the stress of everyday life and hear the birds chirping and listen to the wind rustle the leaves around you. It’s so beautiful when you just listen. Just watch. Last night, I was driving and I saw a shadow out of the corner of my eye. I pulled into a cul de sac and turned on my brights and saw them: a family...
February 2012
3 posts
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dearest reader
If you are like me, you may see yourself in dark times of mental instability, an outcast. You may see yourself as the Steppenwolf, who separates himself from the others, those humans, those beings who move and talk as you, but remain only shadows to your mind. I apologize for my recent absence. My lack of writing is affected by some circumstances you may be familiar with. I can feel my mind at...
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Dear Reader,
It is times such as these that I must offer to you no explanation or cure for my current state. A lack of motivation is all that I can say to describe my mind at the moment. Your guess is as good as mine in attempting to discern what brings this about, but it happens to all of us. The question is, how to overcome it. How does one overcome the challenges of a weary mind, the mind that refuses...
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Dearest Reader,
The Ant.
I’m interested in the ant who strays a bit too far from the hill of safety. The one who doesn’t seem to follow the line of scent in which the others conform. His black, alien body travels over blades of grass and the cracked dirt, product of the scorching sun, in search of…
Of what? Perhaps this nomad ant is not in search of something in particular, for if he was in search of food,...
January 2012
12 posts
“passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. it is...”
– Mark Z. Danielewski | House of Leaves (via somanyswoonmoments)
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Apology
The Apology of Socrates
“Apology” is an example of Plato’s method of talking through the character of Socrates. In the essay itself, he examines what philosophy is, attempting to define it through abstract means, parables spoken by Socrates, and appeals made to the people of Athens. His claims of philosophy are made to the Athenians, defending it against their seemingly one-track...
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Dearest Reader
We are, me and you, the man who steps into Plato’s cave in order to speak truth to those who live within, staring with blinded eyes at shadows of perceived reality. We are the philosopher, for we sat within the cave and saw the shadows on the wall, but unlike our peers, we are inspired to question what is outside. We have broken the chains of captivity and stepped with weary eyes out of...
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Dear Reader
A wise mentor of mine told me today to resist the urge to see others as “stupid robotic inferiors” and to learn from them, to make a conscious attempt to view the world through different perspectives.
This is difficult for me to do. I know that in some of my writings, I may come off as arrogant, encouraging you to put conscious thought above all else, urging you to resist becoming...
“When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly...”
– William Blake
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Contemplate. Take sky and sea And make them both a piece of me My mind, encompass everything to counteract with life’s sweet sting And take away the pow’rs of kings of earth of skies of abstract things of people suff’ring, everything To make me king of my own mind For no man’s fit to rule mankind.
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Dearest Reader
Is it easier to think or to be thoughtless? I’ve had discussions with peers on the subject, and it is quite a difficult decision. There are those who seem to be thoughtless, moving about their lives automatically with only the next destination in mind: those people that don’t “stop to smell the roses.” It seems an easy life to be apathetic and some may even go so far as...
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Dear Reader
Greetings, from the UK. I can’t wait to share my adventures in this beautifully historic country. I’m keeping a journal, but haven’t been able to post it due to lack of internet. Everywhere I go, it costs money. I will be posting it upon arriving back in the states. Happy New Year! New Years is a time of resolutions, but let’s try and keep them for once. New Years is...
December 2011
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Dear Reader,
When you thirst for adventure… find it. If you search for it, it will come to you. The trees around you will move their limbs, animated with the soft breath of the wind. The land you stand on will transform itself into a mystery, filled with strange creatures, hidden treasures, evils unknown… Make it so. We could use more imagination in the world.
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Dear Reader
Do you know yourself? Truly? I view the human mind as a puzzle. It’s a metaphor that works well for me, because it’s how my mind has developed. At the beginning of life, the puzzle in your head is in pieces. You see everything around you in a random mess of visions and colors that assault your senses, attract you. Soon, you begin to associate them with other images. You begin...
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Dear Reader
I challenge you to go on a walk. At night is best. Ignore your responsibilities, your studying. It can all wait. Leave and walk aimlessly. Look up at the moon. If you can’t concentrate your mind away from your stressors, try listening to music. This is my meditation. There is some value in sitting cross legged, pehaps humming in rhythm with your breaths and floating in the air…...
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Dear Reader (who is not yet in existence)
Dearest reader, I want to express to you my goals in our relationship. In your reading, you accept this relationship. It is not a binding one, for you can stop reading at any time, and yet, it is an intriguing one. For through my words and your eyes, we are connected. I promise to take care of you as best as I can. My goal in writing is to open your eyes, and perhaps, through the process, you...