the will despite
well here we have the subtle rage here we have injustice of our time and here we have the discontent that shatters blackened firmament and mixes all our mothers’ milk with lime hey we strive for a...
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It’s always nice to have the opportunity to reflect. I began last semester with the intention to look inward and think about epistemology again. That was rewarding in ways I couldn’t have dreamed. Now...
View Articlewith each exchange of information
There is something altogether tragic about a world that’s lost its magic Whatever world it may become I hope it’s not the only one you are not the kind to be in any earthly bind the spinning pinwheels...
View Articlebang (zap)
I know I know it’s a lot to take in would it be any more or less a mess of things if I had my mouth shut been an idle lurker silent with the same thoughts I’ll tell another secret: there is a release...
View Articlebeat the clock
How embarrassed to be shaken by the echoes of the past those cycling faster than I will ever these can escape the blast but I am slow and fall when the shock wave comes again its a strange clock that...
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I’m listening again to your alt-pop, New York you call me back make a head case out of me sublimely syncopated I’m not alive enough I’m not taking on enough The city The city! The only city, goddam...
View ArticleSelfie
I forgot my Instagram password and my phone broke last time I tried to use it anyway. I’m ok with that. I’ve been fascinated by optics since I was a kid. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten over the way...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Touchiness
Excerpted from Yogananda, P. “The Psychology of Touchiness”, in Journey to Self-Realization. Partial digitization here. “Mastering the art of not being touchy, of avoiding over-sensitivity, is...
View ArticleThe monsters
I’ve let all the monsters loose. They’ve gorged themselves on etherfruit. They’ve torn each others limbs apart. They’ve bred ten generations and evolved. Now, they can return. Yoked, they are now...
View ArticleTexture Study
I’ve been experimenting with algorithmic manipulation of images using Numpy and Matplotlib. I generated the texture for the above image using a couple scripts (1 2) before manipulating further in the...
View ArticlePursuit of the Screamer
This book was 50 cents in the bargain bin of a Berkeley bookstore. I thought it was really wonderful. I hadn’t heard of the author; it’s a pseudonym, she’s an English professor. In this passage, she’s...
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A friend of mine pointed out to me today that I tend to hedge or qualify my own opinions, but report things I have read of others with confidence. He told me that this is not good for leadership, which...
View Articledone for envy
How many more lost causes are there left to lose? So many Would you believe that every fight I’ve fought was done for envy? I’m gonna turn this ship around stop tacking in this wind I’ve lost the...
View ArticleCoward’s calculus
What a bore the busy machination of secret admiration the puzzle of the politics the dance of dignities somber prayers for trivial encounters and bold interpretations of nothing I’ve played in this...
View ArticleCrete
I set out to build a library and built a labyrinth instead now I’m lost in the stacks with the murderous half-beast a jammed stapler and an empty spool lend me a thread and I’ll find my way out to you...
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