Tag: Thoughts
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One Minute Ramble: Why Bother?
I wanted to writeSomethingTo smash the gloomSomethingTo clear the frightAnythingTo erase the doomAnd bring in some light And a voice said to me, why bother? Why bother? I thought. Why bother? Why bother? Because I’ve had enough about this atrocity and that war. This doom and that gloom. This blah and that blah blah. Here…
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The Fat One’s Eyes
There’s a minor constellation in the Southern sky. I’ve mentioned it before, on numerous occasions due to it being named after a mythical creature. The Phoenix. It’s only a small constellation from our point of view, but when thinking of the vastness of the Universe, size tends to be rather deceptive. Subjective. And very misleading.…
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Forwards, ever forwards.
Crumbling relicsStatues of oldSome made of stoneOthers of goldShow how our ancestorsViewed their own pastIn the hope that someOf their traditions will lastNow many years laterThe relics remainBut are our thoughts behind themAnd our ancestors’ the same? The image above is my interpretation of a figurine from Ain Ghazal, in Jordan. The site is…