“A great story is impossible to forget.” ― Adrienne Posey I heard this parable while living in China. It changed me forever. A traveler is moving to a new city, but does not know the way. He hires a guide to travel with him for a small fee. The traveler notices MANY things on his … More The Traveler and the Demons
“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.” ― Garrison Keillor *Disclaimer* If you are a … More God(s), Religion(s) & Me(s)
“I was quiet, but I was not blind.” ― Jane Austen Compress: “flatten by pressure, squeeze, or press.” Decompress is: “relive or reduce the pressure on something.” What do you do to decompress? I write. The problem with publishing what I write is this. You read it. I’ve been private for the majority of my … More On Ice
“Some of the smartest people there were also the most committed. Intelligence doesn’t make you less prone to taking on bad ideas, it just makes you better at defending them to other people and to yourself. Smart people can believe some truly ridiculous things, and then deploy all the reason and logic at their disposal … More Cult(s) and “strong” words
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” ― Virginia Woolf “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” ― Mahatma Gandhi How long have you gone without eating? Can you imagine yourself in that state of … More Hungry
“I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.” ― Veronica Roth What I live by, and do on my “weak-days,” until my “weak-ends.” (A summary) When life gets too complicated.I go simple. When a buffalo sees a storm coming. They walk towards it. … More “Weak-days.” “Weak-ends.”
In the void I was never really lost. I thought I was, and I was right. I still was. Was, but not lost. In between “founds” There is a stillness in the void. A quiet, beyond quiet. An absence, full of density. A darkness felt, not seen. Voids are everywhere. They are the in between. … More A Poem: “The Void”
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” -Friedrich Nietzsche I think about you when I write. Every. Single. Time. Still, I cannot decide if it inspires or impedes my writing. Probably both. Which is probably a good thing. You mean so much to … More I Think About You
“MORE MORE MORE!” The hungry people cry. “MORE MORE MORE!” I have it all inside. I am made up of water. The lake in me is full. “I am” is on the boat. I can see fragments of value swimming. But I have to catch each one with a shiny hook *I feel like I … More A Poem: “The Catch”
“But they were happy” And it was us And you were you And I was me All those words are past tense, you see. What are we now? And are we, “we?” Who are you currently choosing to be? I know who I am. Have you forgot? The past certainly was. But in the present… … More A Poem: “Tenses”
“A Cleverly Named Blog” with Aubrey 