I can't say that you're gone.

Photo: Elizabeth BarrAir hangs heavy outside my window.patches of sun migrate along my bedspread.I can't say that...more

Goodbye Jonathon

You named me Jonathon. I slouch into my couch. I turn on the TV with a sense of self-loathing. It beeps like a gameboy...more

HALF DRUNKEN RUMINATIONS ON TIME AND CULTURE.

Birthdays and New Years are meant to remind us of the cyclical nature of time that we've all been enslaved to. We're meant to say, one year ago this planet was exactly where it is now. But the Universe is expanding. We're rocketing through space at unfathomable speed. The sheer power is overwhelming. ...and yet... We are on the surface. From our perspective all is still. It's only when one takes the long view (the REAL long view) that we can gain some sense of scale. Everyone has ambitions. Everyone wants to make an impact on our culture. Everyone wants their lives to have mattered. ...and yet... If you extend the timeline long enough than no cultural, political, or social statement, no matter how influential is of any importance. For what use is culture to dust? ...and yet... We live in a more limited timeline. Our view is narrowed, focused. The long view for us is perhaps a hundred years. It's easy to think that we're important. It's easy to think that we'll matter. And we do. We DO matter. But only right here. Only right now. ...and yet... ...more