I’m sure you don’t need to know this, but I’ve been posting less because I’m working on my dissertation for college, titled, “A study of Immanuel Kant’s philosophies in the Lord of the Rings.” Yes, it’s as fun as it sounds.
So, while I do that, why don’t you read something old, like Hargalaten.
Also, my story What Dreams May Come is going to be be published by Notionpress.com in an anthology of 20 short stories. More on that as it comes.
Robi
19/02/2012
The powers-that-be may believe that they watch-dog our content for safety, and so that no one is offended. I say that the very idea of peeking over my shoulder at what I’m saying is extremely offensive, not just blacking out what I have to say. A poem in 15 lines. Continue reading
An essay about the purpose of philosophy, and seeking the one omnipresent truth: the meaning of life. An end of the world post for the year the world may end. Continue reading
A short piece about the inadequacies of language and the merits of our other faculties for communication. Inspired by a J.M Coetzee quote and someone special to me. Continue reading
A post-apocalyptic freeform poem written to describe a scene after Armageddon. Inspired by the Dead Flag Blues, by Godspeed You! Black Emperor from their F♯A♯∞ album. Continue reading
A fictional love letter written from a modern day Gatsby to his modern day Daisy Fay. Inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby, that epic tale of a man so drunk on excess that he cannot see what is right in front of him. Continue reading
An extremely short stream of consciousness story written in the Surreal style about a crew lost at sea in a merciless storm. Inspired by Nietzsche, the Perfect Storm and one of the chilling paintings of JMW Turner. Continue reading
A quick story about the last hours of an old man’s life as he dies alone. He leaves a single heir, and this piece is about his final thoughts as he writes one last letter to her before he relegates himself to his fate. Inspired by the sad yet true tale of the poet/artist William Blake. Continue reading
Inspired by Shakespeare, Poe and Lovecraft, this is a horror story about a girl named Jenny who has strange dreams that won’t go away. She calls an old friend for help, and strange occurrences follow their reunion. Continue reading
An article against the war-mongering nature of the West, written as a comparison with Homer’s Iliad. Continue reading
A short piece on how the smell of things carry a memory of the things themselves. Continue reading
Victuals for intellectuals:
be quasi and prototypical,
not pseudo or ritual.
Feel shame and wonder.
Don’t blunder in the shallow muck,
shovel to your knees and look under.
Be new to avoid ennui.
Do not track linear paths:
Think sideways, backwards,
upside down, exist laterally.
Accept contradictory truths:
they are not just possible
they are frequently inevitable
and if you haven’t found one
in your search, keep going,
friend, until you have.
Let no one’s truth define yours.
Be quiet, not stupid,
be rarely edible and
hoarse from joi de vivre.
Be invisible, not loud,
be a hoax until
you are undeniable.
