my thoughts

It’s safe to assume that everyone has heard of the Titanic. Whether the actual ship or the 1997 James Cameron movie based on the historical events of the ship’s ill-fated maiden voyage, everyone knows about it, especially with all the media hype it garnered last April due to the centennial of the  ship’s sinking. My question though is why all the hype? I understand the 1997 movie plays a huge part it our collective cultural obsession with…

Today marks the first day in which the Supreme Court will hear cases to legalize same-sex marriage. I know this is a touchy subject, but it’s one that permeates through today’s society. Like any civil rights movement, LGBT movement has begun and will stay around until long after all of their rights are granted to them in the federal government. Same-sex marriage is just one right that’s being fought for and a…

I’ve encountered this quote, saying, proverb, whatever it so happens to be, a lot recently. Course, it was always phrased differently, either rearranged or with words substituted for other words, but all the meanings were the same: you have to love yourself first before you can love others. I personally don’t know how true this is, but I can see how it may be, given my observations of the human…

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days–three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” – John Keats I suppose what Keats is saying here is what I think a lot of people say: You discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Or maybe that was just…

“There’s lots of good fish in the sea…maybe…but the vast masses seem to be mackerel or herring, and if you’re not mackerel or herring yourself, you are likely to find very few good fish in the sea.” ― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover Taking the cliche and turning it on its head to reveal a truth: there maybe plenty of fish in the sea, but most of those fish won’t…

Every day should be Valentine’s Day. I said this to my brother yesterday and he asked me why I think that. It’s pretty simple really. Why do we as a society allot just one day out of the 365 days of a year to love? The phrase “I Love You” seems foolish, cliched and out of place most of the time when we say it, and yet, it’s somehow not…

“But he who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.” – Anne Brontë I always wondered why it was the rose that was the flower symbol of love. There has to be hundreds of different flowers in the world, and yet, the world chose the rose. The rose is not a particularly interesting flower, yet nor is it a simple, boring type either. Its intrigue is somewhere in…

“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.” – Andy Warhol I suppose that is easier said than done. Some sort of physical attraction must be there for either party in a potential relationship to initiate said relationship. We are always attracted to something and usually it’s how the person looks. Whether it be how they keep their hair, or the color of their eyes, or big muscles, curvy bodies, etc,…

The feeling of longing for someone that you love and is lost. A “vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist.” Saudade (Portuguese) describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return. It’s related to the feelings of longing, yearning. What makes this word so…

“Why is the measure of love loss?” – Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body I do not know, Ms Winterson, but this seems to be the case regardless of how one loss love. I think as a people, we tend to take certain things for granted and so once something is gone, we miss it more. Sometimes we don’t realize what love was until it’s no longer there for us…

I think any man or woman should be able to love any man or woman they want regardless of who they are and what people think of them. We, as a people, have absolutely no right to dictate who someone may or may not love. We should all be openminded and love one another regardless of color, gender, sexual preference and religious beliefs. Love is very powerful. Love can change…

Degas once said, “Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” I can’t help but agree with this statement. I always wonder why that is. This statement could be easily applied to any form of art. I tend to say it especially for writing (because I’m a writer). People often ask me why I have trouble writing my stories and I always tell them…