Self-Realization – Eccentric Exploration

Musings and reflection Poetry Self-Realization The Mechanics of Dreaming

The commodification of art, aka I made a thing you can buy!

by Trish / 25/05/2018

Hello. It’s been a while since I posted here and the reason for that is because I’ve been writing a book. To be fair, the book was mostly already written, and it was just a matter of putting it together. But so I have, it has a cover and everything (THANK YOU AUTUMN!!!!) and there are just a few incidental details to take care of before it gets printed. One of those details is, how many copies should I print?…

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Accepting what is.

by Trish / 06/03/2018

I have always envied those who knew exactly what they want from life. And take the steps to get there. Who see the trajectory clearly, with regard to marriage, family, travel, career, what to have for dinner, whatever. I’ve always wanted to write. I think. I have a pretty good memory, but I know that there is much about memory that blurs over time. Remembering how something actually happened can be difficult at times, unless there are touchstones that can…

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When sadness strikes

by Trish / 27/02/2018

I’ve been busy. Very busy. Working seven days a week (but really really not complaining, grateful for the hours) and falling into a bath at the end of the day and bed shortly after that busy. Today is a rare day. I don’t have to be anywhere in particular, though there are things that need doing (bring in wood, dig out van, path to propane tank, laundry, spend time with dog and cat friends, write write write). I slept in…

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Day 6. Clarity.

by Trish / 09/02/2018

It’s not about what’s happening right now. I mean, it is. It always is. But not always. Does that make sense? Writing is the thing that keeps me sane. If I’m doing it on a regular basis, all other aspects of my life seems to make sense. I imagine other people have that with other things, but honestly I’m not sure because (here’s that caveat again), I can only, truly, honestly, speak for me and my world. But here’s the…

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Day five. This is where it starts to fall apart

by Trish / 08/02/2018

This is the place where it starts to fall apart, just far enough from the starting line to have engaged the heart, And so obviously fear rushes in To remind me that I never finish things that I begin A schedule of stretching, writing, habits beneficial The notion I can’t do it just fucking silly, prejudicial Content doesn’t matter, more the act of pushing through To ignore the fear and say, “I know I can, and so I do.” Day…

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Day 4. A letter to the person involved in my last heartbreak.

by Trish / 07/02/2018

Dear me, well done. Brava!! You’ve gone and had your heart broken one more time. How delightful this will feel once you’ve stopped lamenting how much it sucks. I know, right now it sucks, but it will get better. You’re intelligent enough to know that, thank fuck. Thank fuck and all the other deities whose names are expletives that get screamed to the heavens, cried into pillows or whispered in the dark while having tribute offered in the form of…

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Poetry Self-Realization

Day two. Write me one sentence to tell me who you really are.

by Trish / 04/02/2018

Am I so very simple to be encapsulated thus, To be summed up in one sentence Without any kind of fuss And what should be the topic The tone, the bent, the play The most accurate direction To most convincingly portray The me who is the most me Beyond the flesh and bone To the soul that’s carried round In the skin it calls a home A symphony of stardust Atom based anatomy From the furthest inside out Vibrating at…

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Day one. A letter to myself three years ago.

by Trish / 02/02/2018

The TL;DR version? Chill the fuck out girl, it’s gonna get so good, even if it’s not for the reasons you think. We were purposeless, devoid of trust and with a pretty tenuous hold on sanity. We had lost something that will never come back. That’s going to get easier to handle, as long as you have no illusions about that. Life isn’t one of those tourist places where someone reminds you to take all your belongings with your upon…

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Musings and reflection Prompted Self-Realization

Deep thoughts x 307

by Trish / 11/10/2017

There are places I don’t go anymore. When I was younger, I sought out the dark. It was sticky and dreadful, and I often wondered if what I was doing was sane. It wasn’t. But such lessons must be learned, and can’t be taught. I meandered purposefully on paths winding and overgrown, seeking shadows that still held secrets forgotten by all but those singleminded and righteous few still dedicated to actual truth. I believed this truth required I honestly face…

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Musings and reflection Self-Realization

A familiar rabbit hole

by Trish / 24/07/2017

How is a raven like a writing desk? They carry ideas through time. These tools that allow me to communicate my thoughts, my intentions, they don’t have any say in what I speak of. But they are intrinsic. Ravens carry information generationally, they pass it down, they never forget. They are sinister elephants with wings. They find their way home, every time. Just like the words. As far as I think they’ve gone, as often as I think they’ve left…

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