https://youtu.be/CYTRQAy2o4E?feature=shared Say what you will about the obvious overtones of the hypocrisies inherent in colonialism, proselytization, and, well, "mission work," but this scene perfectly embodies and characterizes certain truths that are, nonetheless, universal. * While this claim is, of course, "subjective," that is, also, PRECISELY why it is true.
Category: Wednesday post
“Redemption Song”
https://youtu.be/_GFjM_ekXAg?feature=shared "I never really heard that song until I heard Sinéad O'Connor sing it." - Timothy Kelly, "For You, a Love Story" (unpublished)
“…Stay.”
“…Please…”
“Ash…”
The ArtistThe brush strokes are genius.An act of genius.An act.Not an act.But an Act.Action.Discernment.Pride.An act of discerning pride in another.Not the other.ButAnOther.Your soul mate.Your soul.But she’s blindso she doesn’t know.She’s been blindedby that pride.Their pride.Not the Pridethat she has,the Pride of a Lion.But the pride of vengeance for the Pride she shownAt the first breath…She … Continue reading “Ash…”
“Yoo-hoo.”
https://youtu.be/hqOOUJFv1n0?feature=shared "You?" WHO! Merry Christmas!
“The Wounding”
https://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder/narcissistic-sociopath They took it. The soulless ones. They robbed me. They called it love. But love doesn’t rob. At least I don’t think so. I wouldn’t know, quite honestly. It was gold, what they took. A golden nugget. A part of me that had gold inside. It was precious. What they took. It was vicious. … Continue reading “The Wounding”
“The Vanquished”
https://psychcentral.com/pro/recovery-expert/2016/10/are-you-the-designated-scapegoat#1 You got me. You’ve done it. You’ve won. Because that is the game we were playing, yes? No? Because there are rules. Rule #1: Don’t admit to the game. It doesn’t exist. Rule #2: Play to the rules of the game or you will be excluded. Rule #3: We are all playing the game. … Continue reading “The Vanquished”
“Gaslight”
This is a street sign indicating the name of a local street. The word "gaslight" is evocative of a street lamp, perhaps lit elegantly along some Parisian corridor by the Seine... However, it also has another, more insidious, meaning. To "gaslight" someone is to engage in behavior that is meant to annoy or harass while … Continue reading “Gaslight”
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