The man in the box He speaks in tongues Unintelligible to the human ear Yet creative in the delivery And always on pitch He controls his vibrato While others are hesitant Enamored of themselves Without speaking one word Lost among the poseurs Who demand more and give less Perfect for the masses But the man … Continue reading In Tongues
Remember the 1980s Family Feud game show where they challenged contestants to pick out most popular answers to questions? What I loved was how sometimes the top answers were odd, and I just couldn’t help wondering if they were lying and no one really gave that answer. Like when the category was Things Found In … Continue reading What Guys Do
“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” – Gloria Steinem
Too many people these days disregard possibility. They spend so much time focusing on the now that they lose sight of the future. They forget that things we do now affect our future. It’s why regret comes in waves and knocks us down when we least expect it. I remember when I saw The Neverending Story for the first time, and I identified with the poor creatures and people in Fantasia who merely want to be acknowledged again by children and adults alike, by people who have lost their imaginations and their will to dream up things fantastic. I identify even more now with those creatures and people now than I did back then. The Nothing is taking over our world. Continue reading “The Loss of Possibility”
The test went quickly Multiple choice and such Risk and reward And they rushed it Those followers of form Advanced as they were When failure didn’t pass Their learning out of class They put their pencils down Like laying armor down After warfare’s spoil Then the waiting began Second guessing on the heel A game … Continue reading Tested
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” -Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
You know, I’ve heard this phrase nearly my whole life, and it seems like most people use it as a good excuse not to change, not to mix up their world and see what happens. Then they’re the same people who complain that nothing ever happens for them or to them, that their lives are boring and commonplace. If you want an extraordinary life, stop complaining and LIVE. Honestly, things stay the same because you don’t do what you need to do in order to change them. And I’m not denigrating others, just telling it like it is. While I’m at it, I do the same thing sometimes, and when I find myself complaining about the overwhelming sameness I stop in my tracks and ask myself what I’ve been doing to change things up. If the answer is a resounding “NOTHING,” then I go back to the drawing board and, to quote Michael Jackson, “make that change.” Continue reading “Stay the Same?”
I honestly can’t believe this month is already halfway over, and that my novel is closing quickly in on the 30,000 word mark. The last few days seem like a haze, honestly, and as I read over what I had written since the start of this week it was almost like reading something from someone … Continue reading Day Fifteen
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