I realised that in this high stress, fast paced world we live in, we find very little time to actually stop and think about what we’re doing an enjoy it. Take eating for example. I mean if you don’t live in a family environment where “the dinner table is time to slow down and enjoy [...]
Versus The Dreamer
“Of course, the world of the imagination is a kind of theater. Inside it you direct the form of reality; you fashion and control it. Why accept the substance and events of the external world? Instead, why not resist…?”
-Chrisopher Ross in “Mishima’s Sword”
Discuss.
Okay. I’m terrible at this. I’m the type of person to get lost [...]
The Loner
I’m reading MISHIMA’S SWORD by Christopher Ross right now, and I found a very interesting chapter in which he states that there is a condition related to Asperger’s Syndrome (autism) where the victim (interesting word choice there, BJ.) shows an “obsessive interest in very limited range of themes accompanied by major literary talent…coupled with poor [...]
Sense of Home
When I write, I don’t think about where I am, who is around me, where I’ve been. And yet it’s clear that these things come into play through the stories I tell and the people I tell about. The person I am and have become depend greatly on where I’m from, where I’ve been, and [...]
