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January 25, 2021

Death Doula

This profound experience happened around 2014. Linda's mother Josephine had been in hospice for 7 years. I knew that she was in the process of passing, as Linda had informed me. Earlier that day as I was working at my desk, I suddenly felt the urge to go visit Josephine.…
ImperativePersonal
November 24, 2020

Intellectually AWOL

Don't thank me for my service. I didn't do anything to protect your "freedom". But, if you're interested, I'll tell you what I did do. I went to boot camp, put on a uniform, sang the songs, and fully immersed myself in an eighteen-month long education of the inner workings…
Personal
September 16, 2020

Flaccid Atrocities

Listening to music without experiencing the feeling of bass in your body is like swimming in a puddle, or having sex with a mannequin, or eating pasta with no sauce, or seeing a rainbow in black and white, or smelling an artificial bouquet of flowers. Yet, it's everywhere. In casinos,…
Personal
December 2, 2016

Eye See You

This is what I’m saying to you when I look into your eyes with my own. Utilizing the English language to the best of my ability, through non-verbal communication, attempting to reduce the irreducible into words. “Please remove your mask. I do not wish to interact with your role. I…
Personal
December 2, 2016

Disappear

It’s not often that the stars align with such synchronistic precision, as to place in the path of your journey an entity that ceases the seemingly random vibration of your atomic structure, allowing the symphony of your chaos to find complete harmonic resonance when your eyes meet theirs… When the…
PersonalPhilosophical
December 1, 2016

Crazy

Crazy: ie; weird, different, informal, unique, impractical, bizarre, unpredictable, imprudent, misunderstood. So I’ve been told, I’m crazy. I appreciate that. In other words, i do not conform to the societal standard of normal based on the geographical location of this cultured environment. The idea of normal is a collective conglomeration…
PersonalPhilosophical
January 7, 2013

Dear Mom

Update as of 2021: It's interesting to listen to my old self as my current understandings have driven me far beyond the state of mind I was in at the time of writing this in 2013. Even though my perceptions have shifted to more distant realms of contemplation, I will…