Tag: truth
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Of Relationships, Dharma and That Mirror of Mirrors Which Sits At Our Core…
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. … In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not embody that, life is wasted. … In our relationships to other men,…
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Protected: Arsenic, Tremors and the Tonic of Writing…
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Adobe’s Design CS4, Intoxication and Zen in the Art of Writing…
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you…writing allows just the right recipes of truth, life, reality as you are able to eat, drink, and digest without hyperventilating and flopping like a dead fish in your bed.” –Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing On reading this last night I considered…
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Writing, Transformation, and The Unadulterated Truth…
Of how Nella’s Down’s Syndrome has changed her, Kelle Hampton writes, “I’ve learned how “pain” shapes you as a person and propels you to new depths and how “perfection” is not the glossy magazine cover that Hollywood portrays. I’m learning to shed off the shallow parts of my character I’ve adopted over the years and…
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Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness…
Many things can happen during the approach towards the heart of a story, or novel, both for the protagonist, and the writer. The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the…
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Of Character Shifts, Balloon Boy and Well-Meaning Friends…
Entering the meat of a novel offers revelation after revelation. Personalities come forth, shift and recede into the murky lands from which they emerged. Characters shift positions in an effort to hold honor to, if not find their authentic identity. Perceptions change. The child of truth and wisdom forged by time and circumstance relays the…