So, recently in the last few years (I consider recent, since relativity is subjective), I have been enthralled and enchanted by Chinese Fantasy, specifically the modern rendition of Cultivation type settings. The type where one goes into a group or sect and cultivates in a cave and consumes pills, medicines, drugs, and elixirs to refine... Continue Reading →
The Festival of Hands
The Festival of Hands is a new combination of words that I'd like to invite people in on. It is my way of saying 'The will of the world' or 'The Dao' in a sense. The origin of this phrase comes from my etymology of the term 'manifest'. The prefix 'mani-' is 'hands' and 'fest'... Continue Reading →
Ancient Cultures and Dreams
This is an excerpt from the internet; The ancient Toltecs believed that life is a dream, and that people are always dreaming, even when they are awake. They believed that behind the veil of waking reality is a spirit realm that is hidden from human senses. They also believed that each person lives in their own personal dream,... Continue Reading →
Existential observation of self
To continue on with the post "If we didn’t have a name for it, A Word, does it exist?" Does something exist before we observe it or does it exist after we observe it? In terms of object permanence, babies aren't fully developed in the brain thus they only see what they believe and believe... Continue Reading →
On the word ‘Arch’
The word 'Arch' is used as a prefix like in Archangel or suffix as in Monarchy. An Arch etymologically relates to the old latin word 'Archon' which means ruler, and can also mean 'over' or 'overseer' in a way. In ancient Greek or Hellenic, Archy means to govern or to rule. A Monarch, is a... Continue Reading →
Yin and Yang of Sound
Sound is Yin and Yang, without silence, sound would not exist. You need a baseline amount of sound to be considered 'silence'. Thus from the silence, you can speak into existence sound. Speaking is a masculine penetrative force, disrupting and spreading in waves. The Yang. Silence is the feminine receiving force, accepting and holding space... Continue Reading →
On being Eccentric
Often times we use the word Eccentric to describe people with weird tastes or eclectic tastes in a variety of obscure or clandestine things. Like a person that collects owl statues, or someone who has a stack of vintage mold collections from 1970s. Something odd and peculiar in taste. Eccentric, relates to the Center. To... Continue Reading →
Incantations
First was the Word. And the Word was . . . To Incantate is similar to a Mantra. To Incant is to In-Cant. 'In' as in 'with' and 'cant' as in 'chant'. With in the word we speak is the vision and magic. Turning dreams into reality, turning will into willing. Shaping the flow of... Continue Reading →
Caution for World Builders
Most people don't see THE Truth of the world. Often time people see A truth of the world. And then people superimpose their truth of the world to build a better world that fits them. That may come to maybe three possible conclusions, Either people adapt to this world, they tear it down. or adapt... Continue Reading →
Mainstream and the Dao
Ever heard of something becoming Mainstream? A part of the main culture? Mainstream music? Or mainstream marketing and product brands? It's as if there is this great flow of the world and there's a particular space for the mainstage of the flow to inhabit or cross. That's basically what mainstream is, it's the flow. And... Continue Reading →
Words Mean Things 