Ode to those weak moments when I would think of Trump as something more than a distraction… I tripped the wire, you can see it in my eyesSold my dreams to a tyrant in disguiseAll behind me now, straight ahead murky waysI’ve been a romantic fool, dystopian wiseFrom wrong springs right, the truth dripping liesNow I’m standing at the fork, with nothing left to saySomeday somewhere a new sun may riseA constant source we can’t kill or buyMy past is fiction, my memory’s meekFuture uncertain, the present bleakMy heart’s still strong, but my mind is getting weak A prison cell inside and outNo words to scream, no lines to shoutTry to find the will, but I’m feeling only fearAll my dreams turned galactic dustMy soul condemned to scientific rustTime’s flying past, but I’m still standing hereA sentence set for no crimeA solitary confinement of my mindMy only guide a distant lightI’m blind to … [Read more...]
Time as Pure Creativity
To transform our lives we require a new understanding of time. Time as a Straight Line We think of time as a linear progression of moments. We have inherited our sense of time from science. In all scientific pursuits, time is the independent variable. Time is the dimension over which we have no control. Time is a straight line marching forward, with or without us. Scientific time measures changes in space, but it fails to capture movement itself. Think of an old-fashioned reel of film. Each image is a moment in time. But each image in scientific time fails to capture the movement in between. No matter how thinly you slice up scientific time, actual movement is never captured. But our lives are all about movement, change. We measure our lives in terms of change. Our memories and plans hinge on significant moments when change occurs. We run after the clock daily, but … [Read more...]
To Live Fulfillment We Must Embrace Creativity and Release Judgement
What judge of art could ever create art? What judge of life could ever create life? Life as Art Despite the limitations society might press on us, life is limitless, creative, and our deepest urge is to express ourselves in our own way and be heard. Our deepest desire is to think of, conceive of, and act out, our lives as a work of art. This natural desire is central to the question of leading a fulfilling life, and central to our satisfaction in life. And it is so very fragile, that if we lose sight of our sense of life as creativity, our own invention and expression of what is important, then we are prone to losing all sense of the value of life itself. We become zombie-like, or worse, resentful of all others who are busy on their own personal arc to creating themselves. We become dominated by fear and seek comfort in conformity, secretly wishing all others to be just … [Read more...]