Author: Tom
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Mixed Metaphor
If you’re thinking of parallel existences that simultaneously exist yet separated like ripples on the surface of a crystal clear reflecting pool, is it possible to think outside the box? The ripples expand outside the box… but can thoughts go further with them?
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Ritual
It’s the aroma of the incense that makes all the difference… it turns a basic ritual into a meaningful event. Add a few potions of different colours, slip in a few herbs and a sprinkling of crystal shards. Light a couple of candles. Make sure the intention is set, the elements are called in, and…
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Dry
Not because of the weather… it’s warm here in Cheshire today, with fine, drizzling rain… not the rain that soaks you through instantly, but the rain that drenches you thoroughly without you even noticing you’re actually getting wet. It’s that fine, it’s like walking through a cloud… if the cloud wasn’t cloudy and visibility was…
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Definitions
I asked AI if it could help me with a humorous description of an everyday word. It said: Which wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but it gave me a chuckle. The word I had in mind was ‘but’, so I asked again. It said: The word “but” is a linguistic guillotine of expectation,…
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Alternative Alternative
Somewhere out there is something so similar it could be the same, but it isn’t as it’s different. A doppelgänger of sorts. I passed my doppelgänger once whilst driving in opposite directions. Same but different vehicle (same colour), and same but different driver, to the point how our elbows were out of the open window,…
