I’ve come to learn life is about relationships and our innate need for them. They can be amicable, familial, or romantic, but generally these three govern our lives. The question of why we are so dependant on them lingered my thoughts longer as a nuisance than a mystery. The need for relationships have been affected dearly […]
An attentive ear is imperative to fish out the words in the beginning lyrics of the song, Paradise. We commence our lives with wonder, curiosity, and discovery leading our early years into a world of simplicity—our biggest problem would be learning how to tie a shoe. A part of a child’s innocence is murdered when they experience […]
There is a spanish catchphrase, when translated, that says, “A world that reads is a world of wisdom.” I’ve found myself reciting this as consolation in moments when I find my love for literature to be borderline addiction. It doesn’t come as a surprise then, when I’m at a bookstore, I find yet another title […]
If anyone has seen the film Megamind, they will be familiar with a interesting but small scene that provides it with the turning point of the plot. Megamind, after seemingly killing the city’s hero, Metroman, finds himself in a existential discussion with a plastic dippy bird toy. “I know, I know, always thirsty, but never satisfied,” […]
There exists in the forepart of the heart a veil—a veil whose purpose is to impede the perceived fiction of the transcendent. Reality becomes nothing more than facts for defined truth, and if sight is left to determine all that there is, what do we make of the words we speak, or the thoughts we […]
