From the Dark Corners of my Mind - Page 2

Undertoad · 03-24-2010, 11:24 AM

Mental illnesses are often thought to be profound; we imagine they offer additional insight into the human condition.

I think that's bullshit, myself.

Shawnee123 · 03-24-2010, 11:47 AM

Also, smoke pours out of our ears when we try to read it: it's too hard.

wanderer: it's not conventional writing. This is why I like it. It doesn't hand it all to you: "he ripped mah heart out and stabbed me in his Jack Daniel's hearty rage, and so I'm wallowing in pain and misery and...all that other stuff that's a-hurtin'." This is why I like it. There are deeper things out there than "beginning, middle, denouement, end." This is why I like it. It's too hard for some to read. This, mostly, is why I like it.

You may now return to Twilight and Grisham.

lumberjim · 03-24-2010, 11:51 AM

His post is actually one of those magic eye things. if you look long enough....

you can makeout the outline of a pickle...

Shawnee123 · 03-24-2010, 11:56 AM

And humor, too, has levels. That was funny!

wanderer · 03-25-2010, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

His post is actually one of those magic eye things. if you look long enough....

you can makeout the outline of a pickle...

BTW, there's ctrl+<scroll-up> option available with almost any man-made browser, in case someone is interested in missing out the charm of "small-font & less-than-double-spaced" articles/blogs

Tulip · 03-25-2010, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

His post is actually one of those magic eye things. if you look long enough....

you can makeout the outline of a pickle...

I am so grateful that it's not an exorcist face. How I hated those email jokes. Scared the hell out of me.

Btw, how did you make the pickle to appear like that. Cool trick.

lumberjim · 03-25-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Tulip

I am so grateful that it's not an exorcist face. How I hated those email jokes. Scared the hell out of me.

Btw, how did you make the pickle to appear like that. Cool trick.

MAGICK!

squirell nutkin · 03-24-2010, 12:28 PM

i lol'd. out loud.

Cicero · 03-24-2010, 01:06 PM

I love the last paragraph. I wish that it were there as a stand-alone. Very beautiful and thought provoking. It has the poetic, metaphysical qualities of the great poets and thinkers of old. I can really really associate moments like this with myself in a very personal way. I think I had that moment myself. Thank you for writing it.

The beginning, though poetic, artistic, and philosophy driven, hard to read. Full of existential depression and fatalism...Of course I am the last person to complain of someone being hard to read.

lol'd @ Jim.

skysidhe · 03-24-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

I love the last paragraph. I wish that it were there as a stand-alone. Very beautiful and thought provoking. It has the poetic, metaphysical qualities of the great poets and thinkers of old. I can really really associate moments like this with myself in a very personal way. I think I had that moment myself. Thank you for writing it.

The beginning, though poetic, artistic, and philosophy driven, hard to read. Full of existential depression and fatalism...Of course I am the last person to complain of someone being hard to read.

lol'd @ Jim.

You are right. When I read the last paragraph alone it was better. Maybe it took all that prior purging to get to the creative part.

wanderer · 03-25-2010, 12:10 AM

To fear and to wonder is not an illness contrary to first few replies. It take much more courage to acknowledge the dark realities that you are so intrigued with. And it takes more of it to pen it down.
Sure, double spacing would have been quite helpful for all the aging eyes out there.

Shawnee123 · 03-25-2010, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wanderer

To fear and to wonder is not an illness contrary to first few replies. It take much more courage to acknowledge the dark realities that you are so intrigued with. And it takes more of it to pen it down.
Sure, double spacing would have been quite helpful for all the aging eyes out there.

Now now, wanderer. You're taunting the idyllic Sunnybrook Farm thing.

An unexamined life is not worth living. I hope you keep putting your thoughts down and sharing them. I find your writing intriguing and thoughtful.

Now, please to post moonbeams and butterflies, so that we can all be in our happy places again.

wanderer · 03-25-2010, 11:07 AM

well said Shawnee

I never pulled out the guns in the first place anyway.

jinx · 03-25-2010, 12:12 AM

bleh

sexobon · 03-25-2010, 04:26 AM

Sorry, I'm not accepting new patients at this time.

03-24-2010, 11:47 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Also, smoke pours out of our ears when we try to read it: it's too hard. wanderer: it's not conventional writing. This is why I like it. It doesn't hand it all to you: "he ripped mah heart out and stabbed me in his Jack Daniel's hearty rage, and so I'm wallowing in pain and misery and...all that other stuff that's a-hurtin'." This is why I like it. There are deeper things out there than "beginning, middle, denouement, end." This is why I like it. It's too hard for some to read. This, mostly, is why I like it. You may now return to Twilight and Grisham. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-24-2010, 11:51 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	His post is actually one of those magic eye things. if you look long enough.... you can makeout the outline of a pickle... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-24-2010, 11:56 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	And humor, too, has levels. That was funny! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-24-2010, 12:28 PM	#8
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	i lol'd. out loud. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

03-24-2010, 01:06 PM	#9
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I love the last paragraph. I wish that it were there as a stand-alone. Very beautiful and thought provoking. It has the poetic, metaphysical qualities of the great poets and thinkers of old. I can really really associate moments like this with myself in a very personal way. I think I had that moment myself. Thank you for writing it. The beginning, though poetic, artistic, and philosophy driven, hard to read. Full of existential depression and fatalism...Of course I am the last person to complain of someone being hard to read. lol'd @ Jim. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-24-2010, 11:24 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mental illnesses are often thought to be profound; we imagine they offer additional insight into the human condition. I think that's bullshit, myself.

03-25-2010, 12:10 AM	#11
wanderer Master of the Domain Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 225	To fear and to wonder is not an illness contrary to first few replies. It take much more courage to acknowledge the dark realities that you are so intrigued with. And it takes more of it to pen it down. Sure, double spacing would have been quite helpful for all the aging eyes out there. __________________ smoke on the water

03-25-2010, 11:07 AM	#13
wanderer Master of the Domain Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 225	well said Shawnee I never pulled out the guns in the first place anyway. __________________ smoke on the water

03-25-2010, 12:12 AM	#14
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	bleh __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-25-2010, 04:26 AM	#15
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Sorry, I'm not accepting new patients at this time.

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