There’s a quiet war against the things that make us human.
Empathy is dismissed.
Art is devalued.
Men are told to toughen up or shut up.

But I was made to feel.
That is my quiet rebellion.
In a world growing harder,
I still choose to feel.
This year, I’ll read more fiction.

#2026Vow #Empathy

Never did an intro post, so here goes.
I walk trails when I can, some in the woods, some in Skyrim.
I post music that sticks with me, lines from books I don’t want to forget, and thoughts I’m still figuring out.

Just making space for the things I care about.

#NowPlaying #Books #Journaling #Cinema

While reading tonight, I underlined a passage that reminded me of something I’ve felt more than once in my life.
I’ve felt it while standing at the edge of the ocean many times. And most recently, I felt it while visiting Yellowstone National Park.

A Christmas Carol (1999)

I watched two different versions of A Christmas Carol tonight, the 1999 adaptation and the one from 1984.
The 1999 version really stirred something in me. It felt like this one captured the spirit of inner change more deeply than the others.
#AChristmasCarol #PatrickStewart

How fitting would it be for these two to be air-lifted by actual aliens?

Making Holidays Happy Again.
Ho-Ho-Ho.

Pandora And The Flying Dutchman
(1951)

“It’s not me as I am at all, it’s what I’d like to be.” Ava Gardner on seeing the touched up version of the painting on the Flying Dutchman.

#film #movies #AvaGardner #PandoraAndTheFlyingDutchman

One of my favorites. Even as an adult, I can still see the magic in the ocean.

logging on

Finished FFVII Rebirth today, It’s bittersweet. Now I must wait for the final act.

Hiroshi Nagai