Category Archives: thinking in words

Thinking About How We Think Others Think About Us

“Although your idea of what someone else thinks of you is only paranoic, unreal, and illusionary, it is part of your relationship with the person, as much a part of it as the actuality of the person’s real thoughts” Jack … Continue reading

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Learning to Walk Back in My Shadows of Truth

“I’ve got to learn to walk back to the shadows of truth” — Jack Kerouac, journals 11/47 This is what I want to do as writer. There is no way to tell “The Truth” because there is only subjective truth, … Continue reading

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The Windblown World: One Man’s Attempt to Stay Awake

I am reading “The Windblown World“, a compilation of Jack Kerouac‘s journals from 1947-1954. This is a man who thought about his life and struggled with the huge questions of existence, but he never seems to lose his naive wonder … Continue reading

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Writing Myself Up From Way Down Here

I am in a weird space these days. I come here every now and then. It is a space where my dreams don’t make sense and nothing I do or think about inspires me, where my life seems like a … Continue reading

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English is a Funny Language

“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.”        Laurel and Hardy I came across this quote and laughed. It still strikes me as hilarious, though I am not sure why. Last night my wife was … Continue reading

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