Shrinking away from images of cruelty ( Read more... )

bitch - n. one who exhibits a completely unjustified, entirely irrational, wildly disagreeable response in the face of just about any and every conceivable situation

So I'm watching Hellraiser for the first time. I mean, I've read the novella, and I'm glad that the original text was my initial exposure to the material, but this viewing is giving me the opportunity to mull the thematic material over to a more thorough extent. I identify with [character] Frank's ambition to a certain degree, in the sense that I ( Read more... )

"By means of art we are sometimes sent - dim, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason. Like that little mirror in the fairy tales - Look into it, and you will see not yourself, but, for a moment, that which passeth understanding, a realm to which no man can ride or fly. And for which the soul begins to ache..."

-Alexander Solzhenitzyn

Know this:

You are not everything you wish yourself to be, nor are you everything your bleakest assessments of your life and progress have led you to believe you have become. You are something separate and apart from these two extremes. You are something in between.

hyper reality mode- the state of mind occurring as a consequence of exposure to an experience that offers what is known as a high dosage of reality or a "reality check ( Read more... )

"When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves at court or in war,...I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber ( Read more... )

Fighting for clarity
Standing in the midst of demons

Feel yourself coming into focus once again. When in doubt, sit and pour over those artifacts of Existential Archaeological significance, all those memory-triggering signposts essential to the orienteering process. Sit in the stillness and trust to intuition. Let familiar memories return like stirring convalescents from exile and slumber. Hear them ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Fandango ( Read more... )