Guilt = internal dialogue between you and God or some moral authority.
Shame = external dialogue; social condition.
25 August 2009
20 August 2009
sweet dreams
This guy could not be more awesome. His stage name is Hyperpotamus and he's a looping vocal artist from Madrid.
I had the pleasure of meeting him (thanks Mike and Serena!) and he is a super nice guy. He's currently touring the US. I got to see his ish live and it was phenomenal!
I had the pleasure of meeting him (thanks Mike and Serena!) and he is a super nice guy. He's currently touring the US. I got to see his ish live and it was phenomenal!
05 August 2009
jumping into this lake
pulling on the engines of seep and of sand
we are all still wet.
the river on the other side of the mountain tosses
little drops of patience.
i do not catch them.
i look stupidly at nature
failing to see the perfection of such folly
i let a million little poems die tonight.
let them drown at any cost, at any
depth
i need for them to stop moving
tonight;
to not feel
the crimson burning boiling underneath
my heart.Forget my heart.my
heart.
pulling on the engines of seep and of sand
we are all still wet.
the river on the other side of the mountain tosses
little drops of patience.
i do not catch them.
i look stupidly at nature
failing to see the perfection of such folly
i let a million little poems die tonight.
let them drown at any cost, at any
depth
i need for them to stop moving
tonight;
to not feel
the crimson burning boiling underneath
my heart.Forget my heart.my
heart.
03 August 2009
more navel gazing
A close friend asked me recently whether I believe in the soul, and reincarnation. She seems to be questioning a lot of that stuff these days.
I've never really questioned that life goes on after the Earthly death. I don't know if it's as lyrical as the Buddhist or Hindu version of it all, and I'm not sure I believe in karma specifically -- although it's awfully convenient to think of there actually being a justice system within the cosmos.
So that's where I am - always questioning, you know? And the very idea of worshiping a deity is preposterous in this day and age, I think. It goes against the most basic tenets of evolution.
I do think that the amount of hurt you cause probably comes back to you eventually in some way. No, I do not know exactly how this works. I don't think it's really like there's a galaxy-sized filing cabinet stuck in a corner of the universe.(How cool would that be though?) It's probably more about energy.
Energy doesn't just stop. It doesn't dissipate. It only transforms. So when the heart stops pumping, the synapses stop firing, and the emotions stop happening, that energy has to transform into something else.
No, I do not know what I am talking about. What I know I believe is this:
I've never really questioned that life goes on after the Earthly death. I don't know if it's as lyrical as the Buddhist or Hindu version of it all, and I'm not sure I believe in karma specifically -- although it's awfully convenient to think of there actually being a justice system within the cosmos.
So that's where I am - always questioning, you know? And the very idea of worshiping a deity is preposterous in this day and age, I think. It goes against the most basic tenets of evolution.
I do think that the amount of hurt you cause probably comes back to you eventually in some way. No, I do not know exactly how this works. I don't think it's really like there's a galaxy-sized filing cabinet stuck in a corner of the universe.(How cool would that be though?) It's probably more about energy.
Energy doesn't just stop. It doesn't dissipate. It only transforms. So when the heart stops pumping, the synapses stop firing, and the emotions stop happening, that energy has to transform into something else.
No, I do not know what I am talking about. What I know I believe is this:
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