"Hello, Cold Season, how do you....ACHOOOO?"
"Oh, there's no secret really. Let me shake your hand and I'll show you instead."
*Handshakes ensue*
"You sneaky, courteous bastard, you." *Sniff*
"Can I stay for a few days?"
"You might as well. I doubt I have much of a choice in the matter."
"Oh, and do you mind, I like the thermastat really low?"
"Really? But man, it's cold outside!"
"Oh, no worries, I'll turn it up to like 100.3 tomorrow."
"Sounds miserable."
"Oh stop, and enjoy your tea."
*Few days later*
"See ya next year, Old Buddy!" ;-)
"'With the development of abstract systems, trust in impersonal principles, as well as in anonymous others, becomes indispensable to social existence.' Something is always lost and gained with each new technological advance."
AND
"Good conversation, like a good walk, takes time." - from "The Hobbit and Philosophy"
"The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger Way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say." - from Tolkien's LOTR
The form of teaching, or of the lesson, is as important as the material to be learned.
"Teachers are everywhere. Build the school and the teachers will come!" - War and Peace (TV show, not book)
Intellectual/mental understanding is not always the most useful for "street smarts" or social skills, but it does go hand-in-hand with emotional health, which is just as important.
Every time I go to the mall, or shopping in general: http://www.gocomics.com/sarahs-scribbles/2015/11/21
Evolution of wine bottle design.
"[Chuang Tzu's philosophy] belongs in the context of a society in which every aspect of life was seen in relation to the sacred." - from "The Way of Chuang Tzu"
Everyone's favorite defense mechanism displaying distrust: VAGUENESS. Saying tons without saying anything at all. I know what it looks like, I spent a year perfecting the art.
Generalizing vs categorizing.
Living beyond joy. The part where joy is already there, no attaining, just there.
How do you affect change through a Taoist philosophy? (A question I want answers to).
Subconscious is finesse. Conscious is force.
Ju philosophy.
It kind of hurts to hear people verbally abuse each other. :-/
New job is so far so...good? I may have said something about how crazy Mondays are (first days feel like Mondays), even though it was Wednesday, and the woman didn't correct me. So either every day is a Monday, or...we're both completely bonkers.
*First Day Kitchen Happy Dance Occurred*
Derivatives.
George Musser, Spooky Action, and Metaphors (blocks, strings, kaleidescopes - honestly everyone knows the universe is a Tree, right? Or a flower. Or a flowering tree. Keep thinking, we'll find the right metaphor one day): http://gizmodo.com/a-new-way-of-thinking-about-spacetime-that-turns-everyt-1741498475
#7 and #8: https://youtu.be/5ipz1qMSB_A
The Outlander soundtrack: https://youtu.be/IkfiDuuFKz0
"Harry Potter and The Cursed Child" is being published 19 years after the first HP book. Nineteen Years Later, indeed.
"I lie beneath my window listening
to the sound of apples dropping in
the yard, a syncopated code I long to know,
which continues even as I sleep, and dream I know
the meaning of what I hear, each dull
thud of unseen apple-
body, the earth
falling to earth
once and forever, over
and over." - Li-Young Lee
The music seen but not heard in the staggered, flashing lights of turn signals.
"Branches of trees try to shred the sky
but succeed only in poking so many tiny holes,
through which pierce lights from beyond the sky
that people simply name Moon and Stars." - Gu Cheng (translation, but I like the image)
Everything about camomile tea is wrong. Bleh. Let the flowers alone.
The ghost behind me keeps clapping. SHUSH!
*Tells Nick about the ghost* "He must like what you're doing."
The anticipation of spring and wanting to see things grow again, bright colors and new life.
Words, words, I've had enough of you today. Show me a poet with unbearable heart-stopping, mind-opening words, and I'll show you a million with none.
The peace of silence.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Lessons Learned While Coloring
Trying to do too much at once is often painful. But a little bit here and a little bit there, and you arrive at the same result with less hardship.
There are ways to save energy (that in your hands before they get tired), time, and resources (colored pencils). You just have to look for them. When the tip of the pencil gets blunt while coloring small areas, start to fill in larger spaces where a fine tip isn't needed, then sharpen when you can no longer use the pencil in its current state. This can be applied to more than drawing.
Every shape has negative space. Which is a constant reminder of this passage from the Tao Te Ching:
"Thirty spokes join together in the hub.
It is because of what is not there that the cart is useful.
Clay is formed into a vessel.
It is because of its emptiness that the vessel is useful.
Cut doors and windows to make a room.
It is because of its emptiness that the room is useful."
How the light and the dark give rise to each other.
Goal setting. You make a goal and get to see not only the process, but the result as well.
Unity of pieces. Of the small and the big. Of every color, working together in a beautiful scene.
Lines be damned. Sometimes straying from the lines makes for something even more interesting.
There are many interpretations of what colors could go where. Many color palettes to choose from. Many combinations. Oh, the math...
Light colors first, dark colors second. Sunrise, sunset. The order of things.
The best art takes time. (Opinion, but probably true).
The smallest mistake doesn't stand out in a crowd.
Pencils, they sharpen and dull, just like us, until their work is done and there is nothing left, but the colors on the page for others to enjoy and ponder over.
There are ways to save energy (that in your hands before they get tired), time, and resources (colored pencils). You just have to look for them. When the tip of the pencil gets blunt while coloring small areas, start to fill in larger spaces where a fine tip isn't needed, then sharpen when you can no longer use the pencil in its current state. This can be applied to more than drawing.
Every shape has negative space. Which is a constant reminder of this passage from the Tao Te Ching:
"Thirty spokes join together in the hub.
It is because of what is not there that the cart is useful.
Clay is formed into a vessel.
It is because of its emptiness that the vessel is useful.
Cut doors and windows to make a room.
It is because of its emptiness that the room is useful."
How the light and the dark give rise to each other.
Goal setting. You make a goal and get to see not only the process, but the result as well.
Unity of pieces. Of the small and the big. Of every color, working together in a beautiful scene.
Lines be damned. Sometimes straying from the lines makes for something even more interesting.
There are many interpretations of what colors could go where. Many color palettes to choose from. Many combinations. Oh, the math...
Light colors first, dark colors second. Sunrise, sunset. The order of things.
The best art takes time. (Opinion, but probably true).
The smallest mistake doesn't stand out in a crowd.
Pencils, they sharpen and dull, just like us, until their work is done and there is nothing left, but the colors on the page for others to enjoy and ponder over.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Seeking publication, adult love, The Martian epiphany with a hint of pun, unlikely events that inspired discoveries, the necessities of life, good friends, Taoism, some beautiful violin music, starting a new job, and Not the Super Bowl
At last, I'm submitting a short story to publications! ^_^
"Adult love is built on mutual interest, care and respect -- not codependency or rescuing."
Johanssen and Beck...the literary couple who showed the world that sometimes all love needs in order to grow is a little "space". #TheMartian
A potato field inspired the design for modern TVs. (Philo Farnsworth)
A clock-tower seen from a trolley inspired Einstein's Special Relativity.
Evariste Galois.
Those days when you're like, "Oh right, this body requires the consumption of food in order to survive. Right, yea, I should do that."
I left Band and totally forgot posture is a thing...
Thinking about the physical form, the reflection, and the shadow of any given object.
You can't help the person who insists their sickness is part of who they are. But you can be kind. You can always be kind.
"... in spite of or in defiance of the whole of existence he wills to be himself with it, to take it along, almost defying his torment. For to hope in the possibility of help, not to speak of help by virtue of the absurd, that for God all things are possible – no, that he will not do. And as for seeking help from any other – no, that he will not do for all the world; rather than seek help he would prefer to be himself – with all the tortures of hell, if so it must be." -- Søren Kierkegaard
"I need more Hebrew in my daily musical life." - said one of the leasing consultant's at my apartment, lol. He kept hearing "b'shalom" in one of the songs playing on the radio, but wasn't sure if that's what he was actually hearing or not.
Those good friends you can go to for advice when you really, really need it. <3
"Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat." - regarding a Mary Chagall painting.
Confucianism and the naming of things vs. Taoism and the interdependence of things.
Rigidity is closer to death and fluidity is closer to life.
"In following of the Tao, ones realizes that destroying life can never be understood as a victory."
"Deal with difficultis while they are still easy.
Handle the great while it is still small.
The difficult problems in life
Always start off being simple."
Curious how our philosophies affect our behavior.
Pacing...is similar to walking meditation, right?
"Know all men by these presents, that I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined." - from Civil Disobedience.
The benefits of repetition and relearning.
The joy of watching anyone uncontrollably laugh their ass off. And how it's contagious. :-D
The Romance of the Violin: https://youtu.be/Oa7KFJdZVe0
And this: https://youtu.be/O-fbZOK9yvU
Missing friends and family. <3
Starting a new job soon. *crossing my fingers that this is for the best*
Violin trilling! And chords! Woo! But I need to know that if I replace one string, do I need to replace all of them? A-String is being tempermental. Scratchy unless played very close to the bridge.
Something other than football and marketing?
Tribes! Tribes! Tribes! :-P
"Adult love is built on mutual interest, care and respect -- not codependency or rescuing."
Johanssen and Beck...the literary couple who showed the world that sometimes all love needs in order to grow is a little "space". #TheMartian
A potato field inspired the design for modern TVs. (Philo Farnsworth)
A clock-tower seen from a trolley inspired Einstein's Special Relativity.
Evariste Galois.
Those days when you're like, "Oh right, this body requires the consumption of food in order to survive. Right, yea, I should do that."
I left Band and totally forgot posture is a thing...
Thinking about the physical form, the reflection, and the shadow of any given object.
You can't help the person who insists their sickness is part of who they are. But you can be kind. You can always be kind.
"... in spite of or in defiance of the whole of existence he wills to be himself with it, to take it along, almost defying his torment. For to hope in the possibility of help, not to speak of help by virtue of the absurd, that for God all things are possible – no, that he will not do. And as for seeking help from any other – no, that he will not do for all the world; rather than seek help he would prefer to be himself – with all the tortures of hell, if so it must be." -- Søren Kierkegaard
"I need more Hebrew in my daily musical life." - said one of the leasing consultant's at my apartment, lol. He kept hearing "b'shalom" in one of the songs playing on the radio, but wasn't sure if that's what he was actually hearing or not.
Those good friends you can go to for advice when you really, really need it. <3
"Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat." - regarding a Mary Chagall painting.
Confucianism and the naming of things vs. Taoism and the interdependence of things.
Rigidity is closer to death and fluidity is closer to life.
"In following of the Tao, ones realizes that destroying life can never be understood as a victory."
"Deal with difficultis while they are still easy.
Handle the great while it is still small.
The difficult problems in life
Always start off being simple."
Curious how our philosophies affect our behavior.
Pacing...is similar to walking meditation, right?
"Know all men by these presents, that I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined." - from Civil Disobedience.
The benefits of repetition and relearning.
The joy of watching anyone uncontrollably laugh their ass off. And how it's contagious. :-D
The Romance of the Violin: https://youtu.be/Oa7KFJdZVe0
And this: https://youtu.be/O-fbZOK9yvU
Missing friends and family. <3
Starting a new job soon. *crossing my fingers that this is for the best*
Violin trilling! And chords! Woo! But I need to know that if I replace one string, do I need to replace all of them? A-String is being tempermental. Scratchy unless played very close to the bridge.
Something other than football and marketing?
Tribes! Tribes! Tribes! :-P
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Snow Days, handwritten letters vs typing, adult play, Mozart, Weezer, Euler, how the body reacts to playing the violin, Bohr, Planck, Purcell, HEGEL, Dirac, cultural differences, Frohlich, cryptography, and the mysterious Delete Squad.
How in an instant...the world can change. #SnowDays
If you type with your least dominant hand on the computer, nobody can tell the difference, unless they watch you type. With handwritten letters, the non-ambidextrous cannot hide as well.
Adults need to play more. Not just physically, or sexually, but mentally as well.
Sometimes I read my future in the soap bubbles left in the sink. #NotSoCommonDivination
When society uses the Internet, paper (and other old-fashion methods) is paramount security.
Labels and specialization, and how they affect brain connections.
Mozart's Symphony 39.
I try to see no word as a limitation to my understanding. I try to read things that challenge my vocabulary, and when doing so, see beyond the jargon. Under every big word are at least ten smaller words that make more sense.
"God took a rib from Adam, ground it up in a centrifuge machine
Mixed it with cardamom and cloves, microwaved it on the popcorn setting
While Adam was like, “(Woo-hoo) That really hurt!”
(Going off into the tundra)
So pissed at God and he started lighting mighty forest fires, stealing osprey eggs
Messing with the bees who were trying to pollinate the Echinacea
Until God said, “I’ma smite you with loneliness and break your heart in two”
And Adam wept and wailed, tearing out his hair, falling on his knees, looked to the sky and said,
“Thank God...for girls!" - Weezer
Euler.
"...I soon found an opportunity to be introduced to a famous professor Johann Bernoulli. ...True, he was very busy and so refused flatly to give me private lessons; but he gave me much more valuable advice to start reading more difficult mathematical books on my own and to study them as diligently as I could; if I came across some obstacle or difficulty, I was given permission to visit him freely every Sunday afternoon and he kindly explained to me everything I could not understand..." -- Leonhard Euler (had a clever teacher)
Bulletproof Chai...is interesting.
What is information...really? (I have considered this question before, but think it's important to revisit it).
Learning how my body reacts to playing the violin a lot. My entire right shoulder says I need to take it a little slower getting into it. As does my collar bone. (I fixed the collar bone part by wearing a scarf while I play).
Those moments where you either just breathe a lot or cry.
Letter writing, although timing consuming and more effort than other forms of communication, means more. <3 Happy to finally send some replies in the mail!
"Stop telling God what to do with his dice."
AND
"The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.” ― Niels Bohr
Ideas have alphas... O_o "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” ― Max Planck
"I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. There the snow lay around my doorstep—great heaps of protons quietly precessing in the earth's magnetic field. To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery." — Edward Mills Purcell
“...this is love. I have my self-consciousness not in myself but in the other. I am satisfied and have peace with myself only in this other and I AM only because I have peace with myself; if I did not have it then I would be a contradiction that falls to pieces. This other, because it likewise exists outside itself, has its self-consciousness only in me; and both the other and I are only this consciousness of being-outside-ourselves and of our identity; we are only this intuition, feeling, and knowledge of our unity. This is love, and without knowing that love is both a distinguishing and the sublation of this distinction, one speaks emptily of it.” ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"When you ask what are electrons and protons I ought to answer that this question is not a profitable one to ask and does not really have a meaning. The important thing about electrons and protons is not what they are but how they behave, how they move. I can describe the situation by comparing it to the game of chess. In chess, we have various chessmen, kings, knights, pawns and so on. If you ask what chessman is, the answer would be that it is a piece of wood, or a piece of ivory, or perhaps just a sign written on paper, or anything whatever. It does not matter. Each chessman has a characteristic way of moving and this is all that matters about it. The whole game of chess follows from this way of moving the various chessmen.” ― Paul A.M. Dirac
Dirac brings up an interesting point - what matters about humans - appearance and composition, or our behavior?
That, and metaphors are at the essence of our understanding. Bravo, Dirac.
Cultural differences as an aspect of security.
Word choice differences between cultures. Happy vs. Cheerful. Cheerful is not absent in our vocabulary, but I think it's used less often than Happy in American culture.
The necessity of breaking something down slowly before you can do it faster. (in learning).
"One of the most significant steps in the history of human thinking may well have occurred when the static, geometric concept of symmetry and its rather successless applications to dynamics were abandoned in favour of a dynamical concept of symmetry." -- Jürg Fröhlich
Route Transcriptions in Cryptography.
I'm posting this before I lose anymore thoughts to the Internet's mysterious Delete Squad.
Cheers Dears.
If you type with your least dominant hand on the computer, nobody can tell the difference, unless they watch you type. With handwritten letters, the non-ambidextrous cannot hide as well.
Adults need to play more. Not just physically, or sexually, but mentally as well.
Sometimes I read my future in the soap bubbles left in the sink. #NotSoCommonDivination
When society uses the Internet, paper (and other old-fashion methods) is paramount security.
Labels and specialization, and how they affect brain connections.
Mozart's Symphony 39.
I try to see no word as a limitation to my understanding. I try to read things that challenge my vocabulary, and when doing so, see beyond the jargon. Under every big word are at least ten smaller words that make more sense.
"God took a rib from Adam, ground it up in a centrifuge machine
Mixed it with cardamom and cloves, microwaved it on the popcorn setting
While Adam was like, “(Woo-hoo) That really hurt!”
(Going off into the tundra)
So pissed at God and he started lighting mighty forest fires, stealing osprey eggs
Messing with the bees who were trying to pollinate the Echinacea
Until God said, “I’ma smite you with loneliness and break your heart in two”
And Adam wept and wailed, tearing out his hair, falling on his knees, looked to the sky and said,
“Thank God...for girls!" - Weezer
Euler.
"...I soon found an opportunity to be introduced to a famous professor Johann Bernoulli. ...True, he was very busy and so refused flatly to give me private lessons; but he gave me much more valuable advice to start reading more difficult mathematical books on my own and to study them as diligently as I could; if I came across some obstacle or difficulty, I was given permission to visit him freely every Sunday afternoon and he kindly explained to me everything I could not understand..." -- Leonhard Euler (had a clever teacher)
Bulletproof Chai...is interesting.
What is information...really? (I have considered this question before, but think it's important to revisit it).
Learning how my body reacts to playing the violin a lot. My entire right shoulder says I need to take it a little slower getting into it. As does my collar bone. (I fixed the collar bone part by wearing a scarf while I play).
Those moments where you either just breathe a lot or cry.
Letter writing, although timing consuming and more effort than other forms of communication, means more. <3 Happy to finally send some replies in the mail!
"Stop telling God what to do with his dice."
AND
"The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.” ― Niels Bohr
Ideas have alphas... O_o "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” ― Max Planck
"I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. There the snow lay around my doorstep—great heaps of protons quietly precessing in the earth's magnetic field. To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery." — Edward Mills Purcell
“...this is love. I have my self-consciousness not in myself but in the other. I am satisfied and have peace with myself only in this other and I AM only because I have peace with myself; if I did not have it then I would be a contradiction that falls to pieces. This other, because it likewise exists outside itself, has its self-consciousness only in me; and both the other and I are only this consciousness of being-outside-ourselves and of our identity; we are only this intuition, feeling, and knowledge of our unity. This is love, and without knowing that love is both a distinguishing and the sublation of this distinction, one speaks emptily of it.” ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"When you ask what are electrons and protons I ought to answer that this question is not a profitable one to ask and does not really have a meaning. The important thing about electrons and protons is not what they are but how they behave, how they move. I can describe the situation by comparing it to the game of chess. In chess, we have various chessmen, kings, knights, pawns and so on. If you ask what chessman is, the answer would be that it is a piece of wood, or a piece of ivory, or perhaps just a sign written on paper, or anything whatever. It does not matter. Each chessman has a characteristic way of moving and this is all that matters about it. The whole game of chess follows from this way of moving the various chessmen.” ― Paul A.M. Dirac
Dirac brings up an interesting point - what matters about humans - appearance and composition, or our behavior?
That, and metaphors are at the essence of our understanding. Bravo, Dirac.
Cultural differences as an aspect of security.
Word choice differences between cultures. Happy vs. Cheerful. Cheerful is not absent in our vocabulary, but I think it's used less often than Happy in American culture.
The necessity of breaking something down slowly before you can do it faster. (in learning).
"One of the most significant steps in the history of human thinking may well have occurred when the static, geometric concept of symmetry and its rather successless applications to dynamics were abandoned in favour of a dynamical concept of symmetry." -- Jürg Fröhlich
Route Transcriptions in Cryptography.
I'm posting this before I lose anymore thoughts to the Internet's mysterious Delete Squad.
Cheers Dears.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Human potential, financial insecurity, play to your strengths, weekly author quotes from around the world, Icelandic Sagas, A Little Chaos song, and you are the master of yourself
The different ways that humans are stretching their limits.
A universe in a cabbage. Blueprints are everywhere.
SCIENCE! What's going on?!
Literature and multifractals: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160121110913.htm
There's a bit of infinity in writing stories.
"Nothing new has ever happened to a son of Adam, she said. Everything has already been lived and everything has already been told. If only we listened to the stories." ― Laila Lalami
How dialogue affects the tone and style of a novel.
The shame of financial insecurity.
I'm a failure, but I'm still trying. Which is what matters, right? I only hope I don't become the Edison of my career by finding 10,000 jobs that don't work before I find the one that does. *sigh*
That feeling of not wanting to talk to anyone until you get your shit together, but missing people so much that you know you should.
I've met so many nice people in so many different living situations - from mobile homes, to shacks, to apartments, to mansions - in the past 2-3 weeks, and I am thankful to be provided with the reminder that good people can be found anywhere, despite appearances.
I'm also thankful for the advice that you should play to your strengths. Trying something new isn't always a good idea and what's right for one person may not be right for another.
How music creates/changes the atmosphere of a place.
The Hero Syndrome.
"Too many, too much injustice, for six decades, there was never a "sorry" spoken to these people. I do not care which battlefield you belong to, I do not care which country you represent, I do not care to whom you pledged your allegiance, or whom you have betrayed, I do not care whether you are a winner or a loser, I do not care how you interpret justice or injustice, can I say this to you: all those who have been trampled, insulted, and hurt by this era are my brothers and sisters." -- Lung Yingtai
I have a list of short story ideas that were amazing, but I was too afraid to write them for fear they'd come true/actually happen.
Centricity vs Ladder
Sad, but probably true - there's a higher profit to be made in wants than needs.
No amount of money is worth lost moments.
"Throw away a handful of coins - you will get another one; but throw away only one minute - you will not get another one. Never..." -- Janis Rainis
I'm glad I moved to a place that makes me appreciate the tropical areas of Florida even more.
Sharing responsibility by playing to each other's diverse strengths/joys leads to less stress and more joy in a relationship.
I wonder how tall a mountain has to be to make its own weather...hmm...
"The worst thing you can do is a job you hate." - Pap Lee
“What of Art?
-It is a malady.
--Love?
-An Illusion.
--Religion?
-The fashionable substitute for Belief.
--You are a sceptic.
-Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
--What are you?
-To define is to limit.” ― Oscar Wilde
“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?” ― Oscar Wilde
Why do our eyes only see part of the visual spectrum and not all of it?
Numismatics.
Aokigahara...in Japan, probably has ghosts, but I like the name anyway.
A Little Chaos soundtrack: https://youtu.be/5oBktZnxljo
"There are few more certain tokens of ill than not to know how to accept the good."
Fátt vísara til ills en kunna eiga gott að þiggja.
and
"A tale is but half told when only one person tells it."
Jafnan er hálfsögð saga ef einn segir.
- From The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Icelandic Sagas: http://sagadb.org/index_az
Why study only one culture?! The whole world over is so interesting.
Is knowledge or understanding more powerful? Would you consider them the same thing?
Not everyone will understand what's best for you. Usually, only you do. Exceptions apply, like when you're in a nursing home or something. But in general, you are the master of your self. Be so.
A universe in a cabbage. Blueprints are everywhere.
SCIENCE! What's going on?!
Literature and multifractals: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160121110913.htm
There's a bit of infinity in writing stories.
"Nothing new has ever happened to a son of Adam, she said. Everything has already been lived and everything has already been told. If only we listened to the stories." ― Laila Lalami
How dialogue affects the tone and style of a novel.
The shame of financial insecurity.
I'm a failure, but I'm still trying. Which is what matters, right? I only hope I don't become the Edison of my career by finding 10,000 jobs that don't work before I find the one that does. *sigh*
That feeling of not wanting to talk to anyone until you get your shit together, but missing people so much that you know you should.
I've met so many nice people in so many different living situations - from mobile homes, to shacks, to apartments, to mansions - in the past 2-3 weeks, and I am thankful to be provided with the reminder that good people can be found anywhere, despite appearances.
I'm also thankful for the advice that you should play to your strengths. Trying something new isn't always a good idea and what's right for one person may not be right for another.
How music creates/changes the atmosphere of a place.
The Hero Syndrome.
"Too many, too much injustice, for six decades, there was never a "sorry" spoken to these people. I do not care which battlefield you belong to, I do not care which country you represent, I do not care to whom you pledged your allegiance, or whom you have betrayed, I do not care whether you are a winner or a loser, I do not care how you interpret justice or injustice, can I say this to you: all those who have been trampled, insulted, and hurt by this era are my brothers and sisters." -- Lung Yingtai
I have a list of short story ideas that were amazing, but I was too afraid to write them for fear they'd come true/actually happen.
Centricity vs Ladder
Sad, but probably true - there's a higher profit to be made in wants than needs.
No amount of money is worth lost moments.
"Throw away a handful of coins - you will get another one; but throw away only one minute - you will not get another one. Never..." -- Janis Rainis
I'm glad I moved to a place that makes me appreciate the tropical areas of Florida even more.
Sharing responsibility by playing to each other's diverse strengths/joys leads to less stress and more joy in a relationship.
I wonder how tall a mountain has to be to make its own weather...hmm...
"The worst thing you can do is a job you hate." - Pap Lee
“What of Art?
-It is a malady.
--Love?
-An Illusion.
--Religion?
-The fashionable substitute for Belief.
--You are a sceptic.
-Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
--What are you?
-To define is to limit.” ― Oscar Wilde
“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?” ― Oscar Wilde
Why do our eyes only see part of the visual spectrum and not all of it?
Numismatics.
Aokigahara...in Japan, probably has ghosts, but I like the name anyway.
A Little Chaos soundtrack: https://youtu.be/5oBktZnxljo
"There are few more certain tokens of ill than not to know how to accept the good."
Fátt vísara til ills en kunna eiga gott að þiggja.
and
"A tale is but half told when only one person tells it."
Jafnan er hálfsögð saga ef einn segir.
- From The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Icelandic Sagas: http://sagadb.org/index_az
Why study only one culture?! The whole world over is so interesting.
Is knowledge or understanding more powerful? Would you consider them the same thing?
Not everyone will understand what's best for you. Usually, only you do. Exceptions apply, like when you're in a nursing home or something. But in general, you are the master of your self. Be so.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
New Zealand Authors, Arakan Rock, Emergence, Sherlock, David Bowie, and a lot of tea
"Lily. After all this time?"
"Always."
The phases of my life seem to correlate with a change in my choice of hot teas. There was the Red Zinger Era. The Mint Tea Era. The Earl Grey Era. The Chai Tea Era. The Hibiscus Tea Era. The Jasmine Green Tea Era. The Black Tea During the Day and Green Tea at Night Era. And now I am entering into the Citris Herbal Tea Era. How strange, these times.
"For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons..." -- T.S. Eliot
The difference in your brain between reading words and hearing words.
These wonderful quotes from "The Abominable Bride":
Sherlock Holmes: [annoyed by Watson's questions about his emotional life] "Dear Lord, I have never been so impatient to be attacked by a murderous ghost."
Sherlock Holmes: "We all have a past, Watson. Ghosts. They are the shadows that define our every sunny day."
DI Lestrade: "Mrs. Hudson didn't seem to be talking."
Sherlock Holmes: "I fear she has branched into literary criticism by mean of satire. It is a distressing trend in the modern landlady."
How belief affects a result.
How you can take one word, rip it open, and find a novel inside.
The process of moving from simple to complex in life. Why?
Chess and Emergent Behavior. O_O
"A component has a particular functionality but this is not recognizable as a subfunction of the global functionality. Instead a component implements a behaviour whose side effect contributes to the global functionality." -- Luc Steels
Aotearoa. What a beautful name for a place! Not sure if it's because of the 3 vowel pairs or what, but I love it.
Now I'm paying attention to the domination of consonants in English. Hrmmm...
Confidence. It comes in short supply with me, but I'm working on it.
Friendship. True friendship.
"I liked David Bowie before he was dead." And how loss/death amplifies impact.
Helping people comes in many different forms. (Sometimes actual paper forms).
This poem by Alison Wong: http://www.asiancha.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=275&Itemid=139
Reconsidering my decision about waiting on buying new glasses. Generally, they are more apocalypse-hardy than contacts, heh.
Sometimes I still think it would be great fun to be an astronaut. Or even a mailman.
I have some letters to write!
I broke Google Chrome's Tab Counter a few months ago. It stopped counting at 99. Now all it shows is a :D
This Arakan Rock song: https://youtu.be/lebtTYpd_m0
J2 and Chroma: https://youtu.be/1CIapVArQa8
How solidarity brings together differences.
Me: "Why do they call it STATIC electricity...when it moves?"
Nick: "You're such a Dad."
That look of affection he gives me when I'm getting sleepy while reading a book. <3
Social labels are highly insufficient.
Pai: “But we can learn and if the knowledge is given to everyone, then we can have lots of leaders and soon everyone will be strong, not just the ones who’ve been chosen.” Implications?
"Der Mensch mag sein moko (Tätowierung) in die Erde tätowieren, aber sobald seine Wachsamkeit nachlässt, nimmt die Natur sich zurück, was er sich angeeignet hatte, um seine Eitelkeit zu befriedigen.” ― Witi Ihimaera
I miss the sound of rain...
The never ending dilemma: to read, to write, or to sleep?
"Always."
The phases of my life seem to correlate with a change in my choice of hot teas. There was the Red Zinger Era. The Mint Tea Era. The Earl Grey Era. The Chai Tea Era. The Hibiscus Tea Era. The Jasmine Green Tea Era. The Black Tea During the Day and Green Tea at Night Era. And now I am entering into the Citris Herbal Tea Era. How strange, these times.
"For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons..." -- T.S. Eliot
The difference in your brain between reading words and hearing words.
These wonderful quotes from "The Abominable Bride":
Sherlock Holmes: [annoyed by Watson's questions about his emotional life] "Dear Lord, I have never been so impatient to be attacked by a murderous ghost."
Sherlock Holmes: "We all have a past, Watson. Ghosts. They are the shadows that define our every sunny day."
DI Lestrade: "Mrs. Hudson didn't seem to be talking."
Sherlock Holmes: "I fear she has branched into literary criticism by mean of satire. It is a distressing trend in the modern landlady."
How belief affects a result.
How you can take one word, rip it open, and find a novel inside.
The process of moving from simple to complex in life. Why?
Chess and Emergent Behavior. O_O
"A component has a particular functionality but this is not recognizable as a subfunction of the global functionality. Instead a component implements a behaviour whose side effect contributes to the global functionality." -- Luc Steels
Aotearoa. What a beautful name for a place! Not sure if it's because of the 3 vowel pairs or what, but I love it.
Now I'm paying attention to the domination of consonants in English. Hrmmm...
Confidence. It comes in short supply with me, but I'm working on it.
Friendship. True friendship.
"I liked David Bowie before he was dead." And how loss/death amplifies impact.
Helping people comes in many different forms. (Sometimes actual paper forms).
This poem by Alison Wong: http://www.asiancha.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=275&Itemid=139
Reconsidering my decision about waiting on buying new glasses. Generally, they are more apocalypse-hardy than contacts, heh.
Sometimes I still think it would be great fun to be an astronaut. Or even a mailman.
I have some letters to write!
I broke Google Chrome's Tab Counter a few months ago. It stopped counting at 99. Now all it shows is a :D
This Arakan Rock song: https://youtu.be/lebtTYpd_m0
J2 and Chroma: https://youtu.be/1CIapVArQa8
How solidarity brings together differences.
Me: "Why do they call it STATIC electricity...when it moves?"
Nick: "You're such a Dad."
That look of affection he gives me when I'm getting sleepy while reading a book. <3
Social labels are highly insufficient.
Pai: “But we can learn and if the knowledge is given to everyone, then we can have lots of leaders and soon everyone will be strong, not just the ones who’ve been chosen.” Implications?
"Der Mensch mag sein moko (Tätowierung) in die Erde tätowieren, aber sobald seine Wachsamkeit nachlässt, nimmt die Natur sich zurück, was er sich angeeignet hatte, um seine Eitelkeit zu befriedigen.” ― Witi Ihimaera
I miss the sound of rain...
The never ending dilemma: to read, to write, or to sleep?
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Ice fall, alumosaics, dreams, poetry book decisions, masks, Colorado vernacular, and more
It finally happened...little over a month of living in this frozen land, and I finally tanked it on some ice. January 2nd, 2016. #NeverForgetTheGreatIceFall
Baking soda, olive oil, milk bath
...I used them to stop the pain...I think the milk worked best. Mincing jalapeños in your hands is a bad idea. Hot peppers were probably why cutting boards were invented.
...I used them to stop the pain...I think the milk worked best. Mincing jalapeños in your hands is a bad idea. Hot peppers were probably why cutting boards were invented.
Seiza in Japanese culture.
When a man sleeps all night on a couch because the love of his life is cuddled up right next to him and she looks too comfortable that he doesn't want to wake her. <3
Alumosaics.
When you are woken up from a dream and all the images are laying suspended in your mind like Keats' Grecian Urn, never coming together.
What would it be like (personally, not nationally) to transition from a democracy to a monarchy?
Requirements we assign to our leaders. What makes someone qualified to lead?
Chapbook or full poetry collection? Dang it. Publishing choices. Decisions...decisions...that will be made soon. It's time.
"We experience ourselves as entities, separate from the rest of the world--as containers with an inside and an outside. We also experience things external to us as entities--often as containers with insides and outsides. We experience ourselves as being made up of substances--e.g. flesh and bone--and external objects as being made of various kinds of substances--wood, stone, metal, etc. We experience many things, through sight and touch, as having distinct boundaries, when things have no distinct boundaries, we often project boundaries upon them--conceptualizing them as entities and often as containers (for example, forests, clearings, clouds, etc.)" -- from Metaphors We Live By
"The person who lives with cripples will soon learn to limp." -- Italian Proverb
"The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men." -- Desiderius Erasmus
"Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition." -- John O'Donohue
I need more zen in my life. Peace isn't out there, it's in here, and I just have to make it known. Ommmmm...
Concealment by Nature.
"And here in the night as I feel the inferno,
I stare in the dark thinking what is eternal?
The man or the moment, the act or the reason?
These thoughts fill my head as I contemplate treason
I stare in the dark thinking what is eternal?
The man or the moment, the act or the reason?
These thoughts fill my head as I contemplate treason
Of dreams I have had and dreams I have pondered.
When late in the night my mind it would wander
To things I have done and then quickly regretted
While denying vices my life had selected.
When late in the night my mind it would wander
To things I have done and then quickly regretted
While denying vices my life had selected.
And I think what I've done or have yet to begin,
And the man I've become and the man that I've been.
Now caught in a waltz with the eternal dancer,
I'm courted by death but death isn't the answer I say:
And the man I've become and the man that I've been.
Now caught in a waltz with the eternal dancer,
I'm courted by death but death isn't the answer I say:
'All I was meant to be
Could I suddenly just decide
Not a thought would survive?
Could it be my life's worth
Ended there with my birth?'
Could I suddenly just decide
Not a thought would survive?
Could it be my life's worth
Ended there with my birth?'
...To give one's whole life and find nothing's remembered.
And what good is a life that leaves nothing behind?
Not a thought or a dream that might echo in time."
Not a thought or a dream that might echo in time."
-- Transiberian Orchestra (I love their lyrics, and albums that tell stories just rock).
How strange it is in our culture that the face is the window to trust. Masked faces feel like bad news, even if they aren't.
Getting old is...not being able to finish a candy cane.
12 hour days of training doesn't make Becky a dull girl, just a tired one. But are we there yet?
Really wish my left eye would stop twitching...
Many things you do will have and have had lasting impacts on others. Isn't that both terrible and wonderful?
Handwritten letters are still the best. No matter how long they take to arrive.
We have a leap day this year!!! ^_^ First time in 4 years since Nick and I got together that we can actually celebrate on the day of our anniversary! Hehe!
New Colorado vernacular: 14ers/fourteeners = mountains that are 14,000+ ft above sea level. Coyot = Coyote without the e.
I love seeing the mountain views every day. Almost everywhere I go, I can see them. Even from places like the grocery store. How strange and lovely, like living in 2D all your life and then finding a magical entrance to a 3D world. So cool.
I think I'm missing something. Hrmm.
Cheers dears.
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