Brains!: Humboldt Reflection

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My blog could be considered a dangerous thing. I don't think it is. Everything I write is completely honest. Some posts are commentary, some posts are stories, some are boring, some are fun. Most often it's a window into the part of my subconscious that cannot be communicated verbally. It's meant to be the place I spill, organize and store my abstract hidden things. You can really access a lot about me through the blog, and it's partially there for that purpose. To find out the things I cannot say, and don't necessarily need to be said. But its also a tool for me, the process of writing/blogging is therapy in some sense. However, there's a lot missing. To read it, and to think that it is all of me, would be very wrong. That's why it can be misleading. A lot of people read it, and they misinterpret. No one really knows what I actually mean by a lot of the things I say, and that's not my problem. Like I said, its only there partially for the purpose of letting people into that part of me, the rest is there for me, for my subconscious to come out. To take it literally would be a dangerous thing for the reader.

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In that space where infinity above meets immensity below we see the first sign of a new dawn. Dark always gives way to light; for a brief moment nothing is forbidden, everything is possible. But what would we do if the light never came? Maybe we would lie down. Maybe we could go back to sleep. Maybe we could wake up. - Adbusters

The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere; they’re in each other all along. - Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)

Adopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The poet Rilke was afraid that if he got rid of his demons, he would lose his angels as well. Of course the danger of clinging to our demons to save our angels is that our demons may well take over." - Tim Farrington

Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is-and still not caring.
- Tom Robbins

From the journal:
Humboldt might be my true birthplace. I swear if someone told me I was conceived here I wouldn’t be surprised. I know that the Yurok believe Humboldt is the center of the universe. I definitely believe it holds a special power for most who’ve lived here. Humboldt is a place (for many people) you pass through. You live here a little while and move on. When you come back it’s still there waiting, remote and protected under fog and behind forests. I know it holds a piece of my heart in those sacred places. Keeping that piece safe, guarded, full. I leave some of my heart with all my loves, and when I return to visit them, they remind me of times and things that moved me internally. This trip I recognized all the colors, the muddy Arcata bay, the rusty green redwoods, the hazy blue sky, and the black ocean rocks… but it’s different now, there is a shift in their meaning to me. I’m so lucky, so fortunate that Humboldt was my first love; it awoke in me what I want and thrive on. I am finally awake to what Humboldt whispered to me years ago. I seek Humboldt in people now. And I’m finding it again.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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