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What happened?

Temporal lobe seizure? Absinthe? Creative turnabout?
What is this mystery that is Van Gogh?

Bunnies.

















Why don't more people have bunnies?

WISH YOU WERE HERE
(Roger Waters)

So,
So you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell.

And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish
How I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fishbowl
Year after year;
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

Van Gogh, The Moulin de Blute-Fin

I am the holy spirit.

The crown of thorns is alive and real.

Color is the beginning of rapture.

Sadness will go on forever.

-Vincent Van Gogh

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.


THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.


THIS IS WHAT YOU GET,


WHEN YOU MESS WITH US.

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My doe, my dear, stay near to me tonight
Let me comfort you and turn with honest eyes
To these shadows that haunt you
That daunt you into fright

You scare off so easily. You can't trust,
And your relationships rust
And in the end the whole beautiful you may
Just well turn to dust

My hummingbird, nervous thing, stay here in my
Arms. I have no charm but what you see
I am not out to trick thee
In any way.

I just love you.

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Without you I feel blind
I need you to remind me of all the colors and lights

Without you I feel small
The world is just too big for me to face
Trace the path ahead of me over which I must crawl
If I'm to live at all

I can't live without you.

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Here I lie
Poking holes
In the night sky
In your theories of life
In the balloon of mine
Making faces at babies
All traces
Of the sun subside
But not without gold,
Not without red,
Promising to return soon
When the moon is tired
And its light is dead

Layered tiles on a roof
Slats on sides of buildings
Stone foundations stained
By acid raid
Fields of wildflowers
At the beach where I wandered
Drums and torches
In the back of my mind
I raced the sand for a mile
In the dark the sea-foam
Glints like a field of stars
With tiny opalescent lights
To beckon me

Bears. (unknown)

YIN

I dunno what it takes to get on the "blogs of note" list. Perhaps a quirky but positive message. Maybe blind technophilia whilst tokenly lamenting some lost value in the medium of computers in the purist days of 40 character column displays. A love of modern, meaningless life. Off the wall absurdity, sure to contain some message of irony.

Certainly nothing negative, which many people afraid of the gradeschool-like "system" prefer to forget and which still stuns them in the deepest sleep. Nothing depressing please! I want to you read your beautiful, meaningless blog. You make me feel more concrete and erudite than I am.

I love the innocence of Pooh Corner. But don't forget there was an Eeyore and a Tigger who could bound into the tallest of trees but show absolute barely-concealed fright when asked to come down. Even Rabbit second-guessed Pooh's extravagant plans. The fool on the hill is the embodiment of Yin that Western society has vilified and abandoned for the nuthouse, the prison, or the sidewalk. Arise, noble Yin, you too are loved.

…MOVIE QUOTES…
From They Might Be Giants (1971).
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(Upon being told: "God! You're just like Don Quixote, you think everything's always something else.")

“Well, he had a point. Of course, he carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be… well… all the best minds used to think the world was flat. But, what if it isn't? It might be round! And bread mold might be medicine. If we never looked at things and thought of what they might be, why, we'd all still be out there in the tall grass with the apes.”
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“I think if God is dead he laughed himself to death.

“Because, you see, we live in Eden. Genesis has got it all wrong—we never left the Garden. Look about you. This is paradise! It's hard to find, I'll grant you, but it is here. Under our feet, beneath the surface, all around us is everything we want. The earth is shining under the soot. We are all fools.”
~
Justin Playfair/Sherlock Holmes
Played by George C. Scott

Something I don't understand...

Why do octopuses need eight arms to accomplish what we can do even better with just two?

Your Superpower Should Be Mind Reading

You are brilliant, insightful, and intuitive. You understand people better than they would like to be understood. Highly sensitive, you are good at putting together seemingly irrelevant details. You figure out what's going on before anyone knows that anything is going on! Why you would be a good superhero: You don't care what people think, and you'd do whatever needed to be done. Your biggest problem as a superhero: Feeling even more isolated than you do now.

What Should Your Superpower Be?

Your Personality is Very Rare (INFP)

Your personality type is dreamy, romantic, elegant, and expressive. Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 6% of all women and 4% of all men. You are Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

Your Life is 80% Off Track

If you're honest with yourself, you have to admit that you often feel like you're living the wrong life. It's a pretty easy conclusion to come to - because it seems like not a lot is going right. Consider finding a life coach or mentor. You need some encouragement in turning your life around.

Are You Living The Wrong Life?

You Are 100% Creative

You are an incredibly creative person. For you, there are no bounds or limits to your creativity. Your next creation could be something very great... Or at least very cool!

How Creative Are You?

Your Adult Film Star Name Is...

Rod Steele

What's Your Adult Film Star Name?

You Are a Mac

You are creative, stylish, and super trendy. You demand the best - even if it costs an arm and a leg.

Are You a Mac or a PC?

You Would Be a Pet Cat

Independent and aloof, you don't like to be dependent on anyone. And as for other people, you can take them or leave them. You often don't care. You live your life by your own rules. And you have deep motivations that no one truly understands. Why you would make a great pet: You're not needy or greedy... unlike other four legged friends. Why you would make a bad pet: You're not exactly running down to greet people at the door. What you would love about being a cat: Agility and freedom . What you would hate about being a cat: Being treated like a dog by clueless humans.

What Kind of Pet Would You Be?

Your Love Quote

I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.

What Love Quote Suits You?

You Are Not Destined to Rule the World

You are destined for something else... Like inventing a new type of cupcake. You just don't have the stomach for brutality. But watch out - because many people do!

Are You Destined For World Domination?

Your Taste in Music:

80's Alternative: Highest Influence 90's Alternative: Highest Influence Classic Rock: High Influence Punk: High Influence 80's Pop: Medium Influence

How's Your Taste in Music?

Dark Purple

To others, you seem a bit dark, mysterious, and moody. In truth, you are just a very unique person who doesn't care what others think. And you really enjoy your offbeat interests and friends. You've decided that life is about living for yourself - simple as that.

What Color Purple Are You?

You Are Sky Blue

Dreamy and creative, you see the potential in everyone ... and everything! And while you strive to have an ideal life, you are pretty mellow about it. You know your time will come.

What Color Blue Are You?

You Are 68% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded. Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints. But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line. You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.

How Open Minded Are You?

You Are A Lily

You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist. People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you. You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words. Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize.

What Flower Are You?

The Part of You That No One Sees

You are aloof, mysterious, and distant. People feel like they really don't know the true you... Yet they're still drawn to you, almost by magnetic force. Underneath it all, you don't even really feel like you know yourself. It's easier to put on a front than really think about your life's purpose. You tend to seem pretentious, but it's just a mechanism you use to push people away.

What's the Part of You That No One Sees?

You Are a "Don't Tread On Me" Libertarian

You distrust the government, are fiercely independent, and don't belong in either party. Religion and politics should never mix, in your opinion... and you feel oppressed by both. You don't want the government to cramp your self made style. Or anyone else's for that matter. You're proud to say that you're pro-choice on absolutely everything!

What's Your Political Persuasion?