Posts Tagged ‘zeitgeist’
If you think a poet might be in it for the love of their own voice, you might be right. Which borrowed “causes” do you find the most offensive for bad writers, politicians, and other public figures to take up?
When the markets began to crash, I thought they’d bottom soon. I bet on a rebound that never came. My pulse raced at the financial news, the win so tangible, the loss so unthinkable. Now, they say that hope has strength, but I can tell you, it does not have effect. Every day, another one [...]
I have attached love notes to helium balloons, sent them into the sky. Folded into paper airplanes, they will find their way somewhere. I am a realist, and I know the messages will not carry the weight of their burst carriers. But where they land, it will at least look like they did. Too many [...]
You might already read Joey Comeau and Emily Horne’s webcomic, A Softer World. This is my little tribute to their work. Did you ever use a darkroom to develop photos? If I could wave a wand I might bring darkrooms back.
Have you ever spoken with someone, known someone, for a long time, only to discover it was mostly imaginary?
Have you ever wished you could feel through an airplane’s wings? Generally, do you feel like you are at a distance from the world? EDIT 1: It seems I have inadvertently drawn an optical illusion. You can see it as a portal (my intention), or as a roll of toilet paper against a pink background. [...]
I heard that 100,000 people pass through my stop on the metro every day. Numbers like this keep me up at night; I have a problem with the sheer scale of things, I am easily bewildered. Just last night, I stayed up counting. I wanted to put myself in perspective, measure that number out in [...]


