Heyo, Gonna just scribble some stuff down here as a quick mental note for anyone to find.But basically, you want to look for some items or things that are immutable or nearly immutable throughout time and cultures. You can use these items as a sort of compass when navigating and orienting yourself through multi dimensional... Continue Reading →
‘Grand Rising’ Psyop
There's some communities and circles out there that use the term Grand Rising instead of Good morning. The story is that good morning sounds like 'good mourning' and often evokes a dread or dreary response by using subliminal messaging from homophonic speech patterns. Essentially Words that sound the same may elicit or borrow or evoke... Continue Reading →
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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 →
small blurb on Real Enchantment Magic
Michael Jackson once said; “Singers, when they sing songs: it’s like a mantra - when you repeat a chorus, over and over and over. So, when a kid hears a song, and he starts singing that chorus over and over and over, then you start to hear it in the alpha state into the subconscious... Continue Reading →
The Duality of Distance in Language
"It's easy to be brave from a distance" -proverb It's easy to have an opinion for something that has little gravitas or gravity to your life. If there's little impact to your existence, there tends to be a directly proportional amount of care. low impact = low care. High impact = High care. Generally speaking.... Continue Reading →
Duke’s Writing Tips 0001
Starting a new series about general writing tips and notes and ideas I come across or make up, based on my connection with various things and jazz. Doing so in my little corner of webspace that I've carved out. Hopefully this helps someone else, but ultimately I'm just publishing notes for myself and making it... Continue Reading →
Comparing Writing and Cooking
Imagine if knowledge and written works are a buffet. Where people reading are going down a table of assorted words placed on platters, each with unique ideas and flavors. Arguably a library is an all-you-can-read, buffet. The Chef or writer would think their work is good. Or else, why cook or publish it? And of... Continue Reading →
Origins of a Corps(e)-man
A Corpsman is also referred to as a field medic, the origin of the word 'corp' comes from French and earlier Latin for Corpus or Corpse. A Corpsman is essentially a Corpse-man, a person who deals with corpses. However, that's not very PR friendly when it comes to saving lives out in the field. The... Continue Reading →
Outlining some thoughts on writing and Video Essays
So recently, I started making small youtube videos of me going over some of my written works. And as I adapt and evolve through the medium of video, to incorporate a picture and image to go along with the words, I am becoming more enlightened to writing. At first, I wrote on this blogsite to... Continue Reading →
Spell check and Grammar check are crutches
Long ago I held the opinion and belief that over-reliance on spell checkers and Grammar checkers would result in the inability to spell or use proper grammar. I still hold that belief and I found someone as a prime example of why I do. This lady here got a corporate job and relied on her... Continue Reading →
Words Mean Things 