show me the ropes

"one of the most extraordinary consequences of human consciousness is the ability it gives us to imagine things that are physically impossible. By this device we can explore reality in a unique way. placing it in a context defined by impossible events. In this way we are able to create resonances of meaning and juxtapositions of ideas which are mind-stretching and stimulating."

-John D. Barrow-

one thing i learned today is that when the student is ready, the master will appear.

i read that in a book.

so lets resume, and consume, all the fumes in this room-

made of ruins, i assume, and crews that smell of perfume

this person will probably never read this.

but thank you anyway.

i'm glad we met,

you had such an influence on me.

you didn't TELL me to change;

merely showed me,

and let me find my own way.

you gave me purpose to achieve more;

to aspire to be everything i could be.

i drew energy from you;

returned it;

and it was always given back.

you were my source, my light,

my inspiration.

inexhaustible, i learned from you

to give EVERYTHING.

all at once.

WITHOUT HOLDING BACK.

to tell the truth;

to be honest, real.

(which we all should be anyway.)

i let go of my self,

yet learned to be entirely myself.

strange how paradoxical the truth can be.

and now, i just have to live it. every second.

and remind myself;

NOTHING is permanent.

this will all pass, with or without consent.

so SAY WHAT YOU FEEL

all the time. let people know.

you can always tell when you meet someone

who changes you for the better.

you can always tell what effect they have.

It's like, if you meet someone better than you,

then you should raise your thoughts to their level;

if you meet someone lesser than you,

you should look inside

and examine yourself.

that sort of thing.

anyway.

who do you think you are.

what a beautiful night.

It's nights like these

that make me want to cry harder;

to enfold myself in the conceptions,

in the abstractions,

in the extensions and the contractions,

i cry out my stars,

but it looks as if i'll just be

breaking my own heart tonight.

It's nights like these

that make me want to dream farther,

feel my visions

like i feel dropping coins

seeping through my skin,

lacing my veins with their metallic chaos,

day and night and day again.

It's nights like these

that I notice the moon, spinning

needles in haystacks

and prickling thorns

on roses that i

only just painted red.

(slightly red)

It's nights like these when I feel every step.

Before I take every breath

out of every last one of you

i owe it to show you two

sides of each story

lines and pictures

and sounds

of waves all around

us now

i wish you would just

be REAL with me, how

can i get to the place

that i showed myself

so not long ago?

-----

om mani padme hum;

the jewel in the heart of the lotus.

the love in the heart.

not the outer appearance,

not what it SEEMS to be,

look past what is pretty

or witty

or shitty

and see what REALLY matters

mad hatters seem mad

but they're really quite brilliant.

create. love what you create.

make what you make of it

send it on it's way

BRING ON THE NEXT ONE

just remember,

december is

not the last month

it's only the beginning of another circle,

a full cycle,

and the gold and the money doesn't matter

what matters is that your HAPPY.

purple makes me happy,

i try to live my life within the purple

sometimes i stray of course

and sometimes I go on forever,

forget where i'm heading,

and write a new story.

we all sing our songs

you can still sing along

even if you can't sing

you CAN

we all have a

voice to

be

heard.

DO YOU HEAR ME?

what a beautiful day!

it's days like today that
inspire me to walk farther
to breathe deeper
to scream louder
to spin faster
to fall harder
to smile wider

to play more
to laugh louder
to walk barefoot,
to get my hands a little dirty.
and not care a cent.

sprigs of roman wisdom.. and quotable quotes.

"What a small portion of infinite and immeasurable time is allotted to each of us. It is so quickly swallowed up by eternity. How small is the clod of earth on which you crawl about. Remember all these things and consider this: do what natue bids you, and suffer what Life brings."

- Marcus Aurelius-

"...there are multiple truths attatched to every image (of art), depending on the creators intention, the viewer, and the context in which it's presented..."

-Taryn Simon-

"for I found myself embarrased with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance."

-Gavin Daigle-

"SURREALISM: you have two giraffes. the government requires you to take harmonica lessons."

-not sure-

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points us to all we might yet discover and create"

-Albert Einstein

"We are only healthy to the extent that our ideas are humane"

-Kurt Vonnegut-