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Virtuosity
Is the solution so simple and black and white that you can tweet it? Weighing in with your two cents isn’t risking your money. Is the right answer pitting our us against them in a blind fool’s game? No one … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged battle, dualism, Japanese verse forms, pointlessness, social media, talking heads, waka, winning
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Nothing to Say
Social media is an infectious disease, spread by word of mouth. We pretend we have something worth saying out loud each day. Who cares how diligently we reshare or like? We like to think we improve silence, but no one … Continue reading
The Wider, More Ignorant World
Your words can live forever cast out in the virtual plane. They truly are immortal now, and the internet’s to blame. No matter your intentions or the crowd you thought to reach, your thoughts will be interpreted and stretched until … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged ignorance, intentions, Internet, opinion, public opinion, social media
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The Oxymoron of Social Media
Social media: the name implies communication (defined by me as an exchange of ideas only possible between individuals who consider themselves equals) yet most of us seem to use it exclusively to sell ourselves – our products, our services, our … Continue reading
If Privacy is Power
If privacy is power, then our public-facing selves are palimpsests of who we are; and that which we pretend to be (that hides our truest form) has more in common with a mist than blood, muscle or bone. If privacy … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged mob mentality, power, privacy, public exposure, sharing, silence, social media
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Conversate
We conversate, but what’s the point of it when what we say results in nothing new? Instead of acts to reinforce our views we throw up walls of words, then simply quit, imagining ideas are enough to put the wheels … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged bullshit, converstation, hypocrisy, inaction, pointlessness, self-absorbion, social media
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Keith Jarrett and the Abstract Truth
Keith Jarrett once said that the more you know about the piano, about harmony, the harder it is to decide which note to play next. Because you’ve moved from thinking of seven possible notes (the ones right under your fingers, … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged education, information, keith jarrett, music, social media
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