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A haiku
Soft wind and raindrops
play a tune on dying leaves.
I have all I need
No Such Thing as a 'True' Artist: Persistent Myths That Need To Be Retired
I was inspired to write this post when I saw this image by artist Sean Landers:
Upfest
Houses have faded to grey. Colour slumbers.
We drag our feet down monochrome
streets, blinded by persistent monotony,
unable to see the edge of the pavement
or the bricks of the walls surrounding us.
Corners are indistinct. We see only lead,
tarmac and endless concrete, nothing more.
The Sound of Silence
A couple of weeks ago, I went to a Quaker wedding. [1] As part of the ceremony, we sat in silence for close to an hour, punctuated now and then by someone speaking briefly, then lapsing back into silence. It was an unusual ceremony. I felt uncomfortable in the silence. I had the urge to speak, to do something to break the quiet. Other people who weren't Quakers found it difficult as well. Personally, I think I am not used to that amount of quiet contemplation. I was reminded of the famous Blaise Pascal quote: “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
Signal Vs. Noise
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One of the best and worst things about the internet is the amount of freely available information. It's obviously a good thing, just look at Wikipedia. We can access almost any important information and get a pretty good summary. This is a golden age for progress. The creation of the internet is a bigger revolution than the printing press. It's like the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy made real, only without the large comforting 'Don't Panic' sign on the cover.
The Power of Paper
There's a magical tool that allows you to focus right in on any problem. Or you can broaden it out and use it to explore the inner workings of your mind. It has endless possibilities and applications. I'm talking about paper of course.
Whiplash and the Dangerous Myth of the Suffering Artist
Spoilers lie ahead.
NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 30
Dice
There's no stopping the game.
We are small plastic counters
on a vast, overwhelming board.
Of course we have some choices
but are constrained by set paths.
NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 29
Astonishing
Waking up first, listening to
your breaths like small waves
NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 28
Mountain
Forever reaching for
uncaring heavens, you
stoic stone observer
of our slight lives.
Eternally unmovable,
never changing.