I've long held that books are one of the most extraordinary creations we've ever had. A single book can have ideas of such staggering impact that it can change your life. Imagine that, a collection of paper and ink with the ability to change us so profoundly ( Read more... )

Spring is coming. I can feel it in my bones, can smell it in the air, can see it by the cherry blossoms in the trees. The days are warmer, the nights shorter. Everything I see is coming to life again, as flowers and trees strain from their earthy cocoons and reach for the skies ( Read more... )

Sea and fire, wave and flame ( Read more... )

What are your deepest, darkest fears? What for you are the shining opposites, those bright dreams that make you feel content and joyful ( Read more... )

The most beautiful dreams are the ones that burst to life unlooked for, a herald of light and flame. I am beginning to understand such a dream, one so poignant and personal I am not sure why I ever lived out it ( Read more... )

What do you see, my love?
     I see stars. Oceans and worlds of beauty in even the smallest thing.

Do you ever have the feeling that the way you see the world is just a little bit different from everyone else you've met? That the images that come to mind with an idea, and the patterns from those images, are unseen by most people?

( A few examples )

This note I came across (thanks Kristen!) is so wonderfully poignant, I had to post it.Someone once joked that a relationship is like a bath. Once you ( Read more... )

There is something magical about poetry, about classical music, about sculpture. Something about this collection of ink, of notes, of stone, can stir emotions that I didn't even know I had. For a brief moment, I become that sonnet, reflection, and symphony ( Read more... )

"...to judge by the content of their character"One of my core ideas is that each of us should strive to improve ourselves, to be improve ourselves. However, I have not met anyone who was able to change themself overnight. It takes time, if for no other reason than habits are hard to develop, and even harder to develop ( Read more... )

I'm trying to figure out if I should go for my Master's degree in Computer Science. I don't really want the title, but I do want to take some of the advanced distributed-systems-and-databases classes, and do some research in that field ( Read more... )