Wrinkles

Dear The Reader

A wrinkle is a crease in the skin. A valley the wearer has travelled. A loved one worried for. A year in a bad job. A year in no job.

A wrinkle folds over a whole story. A chapter of a person's life. It holds wisdom and knowledge.

What is behind your wrinkles?

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

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Solid ground

Dear The Reader

Look down. The solid ground holds you down. It keeps you from falling up into the sky.

Feel the earth. Feel the white sand rubbing between your toes. You can never tumble to the depths of the earth as long as the earth holds.

Solid ground is security. As long as you have it you are invincible.

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

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Lights

Dear The Reader

Look up. Watch the sky catch fire. Watch every star explode into radiant day. The greatest light show in history is put on display ever single night, never to be put out, only to be washed over with sunfire.

It's all for you. Are you impressed?




Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

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Ingredients

Dear The Reader,

I was reading Thoreau today, trying to figure out why he is a legend and realised, he uses ingredients. He takes a subject and talks about it's different facets.

In Walking I thought this subject was walking. He definitely discusses it thoroughly. Yet I get the feeling that walking is yet another ingredient in a larger recipe: Life.

Of course, everyone knows why Thoreau went to the woods, but was his trip to the woods his only attempt to learn how to live? I don't think so.

So write about your life. What is it like? Is it like the woods? Is it measured in the quality of long walks? Is it like a box-o-chocolates? Mine is like a never ending comic book in which my character never seems to be able to figure out how to be the hero.

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

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PROOF: Love Isn't Dead

Dear The Reader,

Everyday is a good day. There are always thing worth thanking God for. Always.

Yesterday, after a fairly disappointing weekend, I had work. I sing at childcare centres. I have a group of kids from a poorer neighbourhood in my last session. They interrupt and can be fairly nasty to one another and to their carers.

However, yesterday, after we had sung about lots of silly thing, they all ran up to me and gave me a huge group hug. Love still exists.

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

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Ten things

Dear The Reader

Having trouble with writing creatively? Lacking inspiration? Here's a technique I picked up a little while ago.

Write some lists. These lists are the contents pages of your inner story. Each point you come up with has an extensive story behind it. Discover them...

10 things I know to be true
10 things I want my sister to have
10 things I had when I was 10
10 things I read in public toilets
10 things I am afraid of
10 things my year 8 teacher taught me
10 reasons why I shouldn't do what I'm about to do
10 things my father taught me
10 things I asked God for
10 things I want to say to someone but can't

Make your lists and happy writing.

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

Typical Bad Night

So I haven't been feeling the best lately and it's been affecting my sleep, which in turn affects my health, which comes back around and kicks my sleeping the backside. Vicious circle.

Anyway, here's a little something I wrote at 1am.



In bed
Close eyes
Fall asleep
Nightmare
Wake up
Water
Face splash
Repeat



This is what I'd prefer to be doing...



Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

Why opposable thumbs are better

Dear The Reader,

Have you ever realised just how much we rely on our thumbs? And not just for picking up stuff. I mean for things like using a TV remote, wiping sauce from the corners of our mouths, and tearing toilet paper. You know, the important stuff. Without thumbs how could we use the space bar on our keyboards? Blogswouldlooklikethis.Notgoodatall.

Thumbs do these countless jobs without any thanks from us. So, when you're pwning terrorists on your xbox today remember you couldn't do it without your thumbs. Give your thumbs a thumbs up.

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

Sleeping

Dear The Reader,

A poem for you...

When I sleep I travel to a city

a strange stretched city.

All the citizens are sleeping

put to sleep by a sedative of sweet seeping sap.

The sleep is restless, that of a sick feverish child

silently screaming through their sweat.

Through the drains, sewers, cracks in the sidewalk

comes a snake-like hiss

a sticky swirl of steam and mist

an incessant syncopated song

sweeping through all six senses

leaving one stupid and incapacitated.

I see her sleeping

snakes, weasels sniffing, tasting her

like a midnight snack.

Her hero, gone

unable to protect her.

Sleeping.

Educate. Entertain. Inspire.

Don't fear! I have arrived!

Hello The Reader,

I have a blog. Again. This one should be more successful that others I have had.

Everybody usually does the dorky "well, I'm new to this so I'll tell you about myself" thing, but I find that can turn people off. There are a few reasons why:

ONE: No one is going to listen to someone who has no confidence in their writing. Be confident when you write or no one will take you seriously.


TWO: You can't learn about a person from their first post. An "all about me" post would make you out to be shallow. No one likes a shallow writer. People want to get to know you over time and, honestly, you want them to read your future posts.


THREE: It's been done. On every freaking blog. Don't do it again.

Now that's out of the way I can present the purpose of this blog. I learn a lot. I'm always trying to gain new knowledge. As I gain it I want to pass it on. However, it is not just knowledge I have to offer. I offer entertainment, and, most importantly, inspiration. I want to inspire you, as The Reader, to be better. To constantly upgrade yourself. The Reader version 2.0 as it were. These three themes will dominate my blog.

Educate, Entertain, Inspire.