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A visual aid… May 28, 2009

Posted by Erik Tomblin in Books, Choices, Emotion, Love, Music, Relationships, Writing.
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Your ball… January 9, 2009

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Remember that scene in The Crying Game when Fergus finally realizes Tinker’s big secret? He has that short daydream where Jody (Forest Whitaker) is standing there and gives a sly grin before sauntering off into the light? Well, Fergus is to me as Jody is to Karma.  Then again, maybe Karma isn’t right, but I’m not sure there is a catchy, well-known term for “a life lesson you’re meant to learn.” I’ll call her Epiphany for now. And she’s always coming around with that sly grin, as if announcing “Think you got it figured out? Try this on for size.”

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January 8, 2009

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I’ve let so many minutes drift in and out of my life with very little to show for them. More accurately, I should have much more to show for the time I’ve had, especially considering my interests and inspirations.

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Focus! August 10, 2008

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“For the sake of argument, let’s say all your choices and all your effort are destined to be a waste. You’re still very much yourself and nobody else. And you’re forging ahead, as yourself. So relax.”

- from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

I’m about halfway through this book (really enjoying it so far) and this statement by one of the characters reminded me of another favorite quote by Joseph Campbell.

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

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The blue pill or the red pill? March 8, 2008

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I’m sitting here at my desk for what could very well be the first Friday of the first weekend for which I have no plans but to write. I’m trying to get all of my procrastination in tonight because I plan on catching up on some writing over the next two days. Intolerable Cruelty has already run its course on the television in the corner of the room and now Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is on. Which, of course, started me thinking (something I try to avoid unless it’s been properly scheduled). And yes, I realize the subject line of this post references The Matrix. There is a reason for this. (more…)