My recently new favorite word is 'Head Canon' relating to fan fiction in which people generate entire exclusive stories in their heads and call it accurate. Arguably, that's what we're all doing as we're navigating truth in reality, we pick and choose what we believe in and operate based on what we believe in combined... Continue Reading →
Duke’s Writing Tips 0002
Fantasy and fiction whether it be novels or stories or comics or movies or video games, are an escape for some (arguably most), and I'd like to discuss two ideas that prevail to audience appeal. Here are two ideas or themes that can draw or hook a character in; Relatability and Desirability People want a... Continue Reading →
Using Original Sin as a lens to re-examine Humanity
In (some) Christian terms, the concept of Original sin stems from Adam and Eve having sinned by eating the fruit of forbidden knowledge and thus being cast out of the garden of Eden having to suffer in the world. As such, everyone that's a descendent of Adam and Eve are born from this idea or... Continue Reading →
The Authority of the Audience
As "man is the measure of all things", the loci of control or perspective is that of the viewer or audience. Humanity's history is shaped from the perspective of 'human', and throughout time from Kings to slaves we've been defining and redefining the 'construct' of what it means to be human. The definition of human.... Continue Reading →
Bonfire analogy for Shadow work
A lit candle will cast shadows on other things, and even itself. This is the exposed shadow. To integrate the dark parts and illuminate that darkness, to grow your light brighter is self shadow work. Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com Two lit candles will expose each other's shadow, creating a new layer of dimension... Continue Reading →
With Age comes the potentiality of Wisdom. Wisdom of the Elders.
This is an opinion post as well as an observation of eclectic ponderous musings. People who are old have been 'around the block' meaning that they've experienced life to some degree. I say that age gives way to the number of chances to gain wisdom. People live their lives doing things over and over and... 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 →
Evolution is a language
If you look at it in another way, Evolution is a language and a conversation of natural selection and Darwinism between species recorded on a carried ledger called DNA. Each living being has a ledger book or a record book of their history, and this is passed down from the parents and their ancestors at... Continue Reading →