think outside the box what is the box? which is the box?
Category: Personal Lexicon
needs
....they may exist in contradiction, in opposite agreement, in mutual ignorance of each other and may be named ‘need’ while in superfluous abundance, too
Truth is not what I am looking for
In fact, I doubt that I am at all lookingIt is said that 300,000 years have passed as humans evolve. We logically add many more years of existence to what allowed our begin in the first place. Considering this length of time, why look for truth? Is it not obvious that truth evades us so… Continue reading Truth is not what I am looking for
“I come from a humble family — and I’m proud of that” cb
It is not that I would want to impose my personal demands on life, and the desired framework for it on my fellow humans. I do, however, wonder about how we mature as humans into the usage of a language, develop an intrinsic need of expression, and aim for clarity in the individual and collective… Continue reading “I come from a humble family — and I’m proud of that” cb
Behold. Question.
Within much of what I have been, and amongst plenty of what I have seen, beauty has soothed me. Again, and again, it has explained surface and essence of things, and of non-things, to the point of manifestations in mild but deep rooted lip movements which are much more than smiles.To the eye, beauty has… Continue reading Behold. Question.
Eternal
— I am Not here, not now, not eternally to show evidence of my perpetual being to others Not eternal to count eternity Not even to myself In being I am eternal Challenge not my measurement nor lack of it Ask me not I we are the same I am eternal for being
Surrender
Out of the mouths of many beings in transition — coming out of their hearts or out of their intellect — I hear that surrendering happens in the moment of doubt, tribulation, in the face of difficulties. This notion makes me doubt two things: —- that acceptance, surrendering, or giving in completely onto life, is… Continue reading Surrender
Do not fall in love
Stand Fly Dive Rest Shake Appease but do not fall
idea
the mere realization of a new angle
o·blige /əˈblīj/
An obligation has a source. It may be an internal power, it may be an external one. Ideally, having and feeling obliged ought to be from an internal standpoint, as the character wants standing purity in being self. That which I do wishes to coincide with what is expected of me by my peers and… Continue reading o·blige /əˈblīj/
Currently — again — bathing… in definitions; soaking in their sounds, concepts, illusions, imposed realities: “labour”, “work”, “being”…
Soaking — not absorbing (Chapter 6 — on the origin of spices)
Personal Lexicon: the accusative
If I can cry, smile, reflect, accept, aspire, succumb, fly, go, and come, naked, in front of a mirror large enough to hold me at a glance — why accuse any body or any soul at any time?
Beyond language and vocabulary
Thank you, William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Where would I be without your poetic tongues?And Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, and Alexander Pushkin, who can be more inspiring to dive and fly in life through your cultural, and equally transcendental wordings?You all understood something beyond our physical being which has had your… Continue reading Beyond language and vocabulary
Personal Lexicon: “as days go by”
I find there to be a misunderstanding about the content packaged in days go by. Poetically there is a pleasing sound to it, or it may convey the sense of an unavoidable something, perhaps even wisdom. However, in the context of an individual development, days go in. Thankfully!
Personal Lexicon: Luxury
The mere human experience is a luxury. Breathing Smiling Tasting —- luxury And the soul, ingesting and releasing expressions which can never be physically encapsulated.
Personal Lexicon
I see no prison, thus need not freedom
Personal Lexicon: Luxury
The general usage of luxury addresses an outer perception — through the self, or through others. Great societal comfort, and extravagant living are not inner states but external reflections. While a dish like risotto was born out of the need of the Italian peasant, today it is a symbol of luxurious life, in part due… Continue reading Personal Lexicon: Luxury
The color of vanilla
...that is a very dark brown. White, off white, or a light beige, those are the colors of the milk.
Philosophy, Music, and Food
Philosophy, music, and food, none of these are an industry. Yes, there are industries using thought, music and food to produce money, financial games, and imperial bodies. However, a sincere, talented and dedicated human who spends a good amount of energy dissecting thoughts, composing or interpreting music, or creating food of value, are merely contributing… Continue reading Philosophy, Music, and Food
Personal Lexicon: Hunger
Wikipedia says: State in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs I say it is a smile that gently surfaces when one contemplates life, and feels inspired to maintain it, not for survival but for inner and outer beauty.
to bow
humbly magnificent
Sila Blume 