Time captives could be all the memories a head can hold. Every old man is a boy dressed in old man leather. Leather shows the times gone by, the extended hours in the sun, jokes told to wrinkle around the eyes, and sorrows borne to wrinkle around the brow. If he’s been anywhere, he remembers …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Utterly Destroyed
Give a subjective notion The Breath of Life, as if it’s within your power to do so. Pretend that this thing, your pet idea, exists in tangible reality, even though you know the idea is merely an idea, with its most substantial attribute its name! It’s easy to do. Take something you think about a …
No time to waste
No time to waste——because there’s no time. It’s an illusion. Or a mass delusion. Charitable offerings: to sacrifice time, to make time, to spend time. But if time is one of our delusions, is the sacrifice a delusion as well? Or could we say the sacrifice is honorable due to the intent? Intentions rule over ignorance? …
Identify as a Cowboy Philosopher
I heard some people bashing philosophy the other day. I guess I like to defend those things that get bashed. Philosophy can be really fun. It all depends on the philosopher. Here’s a little bit of philosophy now, so you can make up your own mind: A man sits in a bar peeling the label …
Recently Viewed – Alita: Battle Angel
Discernment was my post where I quantify the merits of all fiction, whether a piece of fiction is literary or cinematic. I’m currently ruminating on the critical process. Ever since I got some worthy and worthwhile advice on how to make my critiques more specific, I’ve been trying out a few new ways. There was a …
