History Doesn’t Remember Everything, History Forgets Too. Names Lost In The Sands, How Many Things

Seeing unhealthy patterns in your family and deciding that those pattens end with you and will not be passed down to future generations is an extremely brave and powerful decision.

Forgive yourself for repeating what was taught to you as a child, then put the conscious effort into deprogram these patterns.

Be a fool, and learn.

I am fish, looking for what he’s swimming in.

By now the water must’ve grown tired of me, who swims so lost, so aimlessly,

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Where did the bodies go?

“And echoing on the wind are the countless names of those who succumbed in that space beyond our world, the Desert beyond the stars, where ancient words are uttered through cracked lips, never to be heard by any living.”

-A story I have left unfinished, should I continue it?

Writing tips I know but never use #2

Art is hard, writing especially. You shouldn’t wait for inspiration to hit you, you should sharpen your blades, ready the guns, and hunt the damn thing down. Pin it to the page, and hold it there until it stops struggling. Go outside looking for it, talk to someone random on the bus about their coat, call a friend and ask them what the weirdest experience of their life involving the colour blue is. Hunt inspiration, do not let it hunt you.

To delight in the joy of others is the hallmark of the lonely spirit.

“We can look back at those people and see how evil that was, but we can’t see it in ourselves. So therefore beware of Virtue.”

-Alan Watts

[Record scratch] [Freeze frame] Verily, that is me. Abraham, chosen one of God. Thou art probably wondering how I came to be in that situation.