My painting of life… A giant cylindrical pit, reaching upwards eternally, and every soul who has ever existed is thrown into it. At first it was chaotic: everyone clambered for the top, pulling others down in order to push themselves up. People screaming in pain, clawing in desperation, contorted, eternally struggling, and rarely achieving the [...]
Walter raised his head, dropped his pen, stared from his chair into some empty space. Why this note? Why such a long poem of reasons and justifications, if he was to simply throw it away, to tear himself from the world with a spasm of a trigger finger? He read back to himself what he [...]
“Must have been strong warrior human man to be able to beat down a Klingon woman!” Jokes often have an element of tragedy. Life is cruel and brutal more often than it’s sweet and endearing; a hearty soul knows a good laugh. It’s natural and right for the suffering of others to bring forth our [...]
No, there’s no such thing as somebody who only ever makes you feel happy and complete. Inevitably there’s struggle and friction, life demands it. At love’s autumn these points of contention come into clearer and clearer focus, stinging hints as the relationship descends from its apex into sublunary companionship and then ends. In light of [...]
The meaning of tragedy in art: “No, sufferer, you are not alone.”
City Squares: The city’s simple geometric figures, squares and rectangles, vertical lines and nothing more interesting than that. No place for a mind to wander, certainly. With grey sky and empty sidewalks it becomes heavy and painful. Only the leaves in the trees to anchor the mind to life and reality. The Heart’s Eye: “Seeing” [...]
By expending our efforts, we expand oursleve; attempts to overcome problems and challenges force us to grow strong enough to overcome them (even if our attempts ultimately fail). Every undertaking is a journey with its unique hazards, pilgrims and explorers learn to trust their instincts to think creatively.