Only Mortal
“Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived.…
Nothing From Nothing
An excerpt from the poem, Nothing Comes From Nothing by Peter S. Quinn Nothing comes from nothingWhen there is no one to careSo much into its bluffingFrom nowhere to nowhereDon’t try to be yours onlyWith none else around tooBecause you’ll become so lonelyWhen there is only you
Make Good Art
This was the keynote address, given by Neil Gaiman, for the May 17, 2012 commencement ceremony at The University of the Arts. I was first made aware of this speech from Gaiman’s book: The View from the Cheap Seats. I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an establishment of…
Review: The View From The Cheap Seats
Neil Gaiman is a wizard. A wizard with a gray beard and a pointy hat, walking around in search of hobbits to send on adventures. His book, The View from the Cheap Seats, makes me want to write more. It makes me want to read more. And I have the sneaking suspicion that this was…
What do you see?
I am not so old now, but I understand that I am no longer young. It is very rare that I can see something without it reminding me of something else. A real treasure for me has been exposure to ideas that haven’t been reflections of something else.
Have you seen him?
Speak, my friend. You look surprised. I thought you knew I’d come disguised, On angel wings in white.
Just a little longer?
Some things are more precious because they don’t last long. Oscar Wilde, “The Portrait of Dorian Grey”
I miss the quiet moments
No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn’t experience it all. There’s that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should’ve been paying attention.. “Invisible Monsters”, Chuck Palahniuk
Some things last
The first Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center circa 1931. The workers pooled their money to buy the tree with the hope of raising Christmas cheer on the construction site. They decorated it with homemade decorations. A little bit of Christmas cheer that cascaded and grew through time. Kinda neat.
Darkness stares back
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token “The Raven”, Edgar Allan Poe