Seperation
Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color. -- W.S. Merwin

‘The truth comes knocking on the door. And you say “Go away. I’m looking for the truth”. And so it goes away.’

-Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in.... When people are fanatically dedicated to ...any...kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt" - Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

i've used this journal for over five years.

april 2nd was my five year anniversary. i have seen many people change journals over the years for various reasons. to me it never really made sense. the only reason to change a paper journal is because eventually the paper is used up.

but now maybe it is time to change my journal for the common reason of ( Read more... )

there's nothing in the spectrum of feeling like the wave of dread and shame that washes over you when you realize you've taken something for granted. instantly where you once laid cozy there's no support. you dont take something for granted unless its good and its always so good. so once you realize what a fool youve been you see how you can make ( Read more... )

adblock plus is the greatest add on to firefox ever.

it allows you to filter ads that are embedded into web pages. genius.

https://addons.mozilla.org/mozilla/1865/

the first part was some kind of human drama of friendship or relationships being played out, important and unimportant at the same time. but i cant really remember what it was all about ( Read more... )

the first thing i ever read by tobias wolff was a great little short story called "bullet in the brain". it did a lot of things for a little story and i was eager to pick up on more of whatever he was writing. i went through one of his short story collections and was left sort of longing. none of the stories hitting the high water mark that "bullet ( Read more... )

when making a movie about a past culture a film maker runs into issues regarding how he portrays said people. no matter how many artifacts we recover or tomes we decipher nuances of a culture will always be lost to us: the humor, the relationships, the general zeitgeist, especially of more common people as the records reflect mostly kings and ( Read more... )