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Showing posts from: March 2006

I’m a real boy!

I’ve finally decided to begin “solidifying” my online presence. In quotations because nothing online is concrete or permanent in any sense, but at least there’s now something there which defines the space and ties my internet activities together. Though still somewhat bland, I’ve followed the latest standards in assembling something which works for me. Whether

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Staying the Course

Having just re-read “Exceptionism” and “Repressed, renewed…” in context with one another, I’m surprised at the prescience and solidarity demonstrated by my subconscious. The similarity and reiteration of themes is impressive to me. One of the first areas to suffer as a result of my sleep disruption is memory – my journal especially reflects this,

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Exceptionism

I was thinking yesterday on the drive to work, about the nature of writing. Why writers do, what it means to them (I don’t feel qualified to say “us” by a long shot), and what it takes. As I settled onto what it takes, I realized that many of my recent attempts at prose have

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Re-Opening Pandora’s Box

In the Greek mythos, Pandora’s box contained the darker sides of humanity and were unwittingly unleashed upon mankind, inducing incalculable suffering. This is an interesting take on the drives and motivations of human nature, and may offer some glimpses into the Athenian search for virtue which so occupied the culture to have given rise to

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