Erik, it is comforting to know that there exists community in those who teeter totter between conditioning and creativity, who live inside society as outsiders battered around in the cross-winds of their souls, a part and apart
Wow! You describe the artistic temperament and drive with the passion and poetry of Henry Miller who i know is a hero of yours, powerful stuff! Thanks for being a refreshing antidote to the avalanche of "low grade entertainment" they're trying to chloroform our minds with, you're very talented.
Such a wonderful and accurate description of why so many of us feel so out of sync with "society". It's heartening to know that we're not alone even if many of us keep our creative selves hidden just below the surface until we know that we're in good company. 😉
Your sensitive poem depicts so vividly the rupture between the inner world of one who lives at the outskirts of civilisation and the menacing crunch of a world that never stops trying to chisel away at us hoping to transform us into mere marionettes.
I appreciate that you haven’t lost faith and you keep trying to open doors into our hearts with your art. Don’t be surprised to discover that many will resonate with your words so masterfully crafted. Thank you for the poem! 🙏
Erik, it is comforting to know that there exists community in those who teeter totter between conditioning and creativity, who live inside society as outsiders battered around in the cross-winds of their souls, a part and apart
...a part and apart. Brilliant.
Wow! You describe the artistic temperament and drive with the passion and poetry of Henry Miller who i know is a hero of yours, powerful stuff! Thanks for being a refreshing antidote to the avalanche of "low grade entertainment" they're trying to chloroform our minds with, you're very talented.
Such a wonderful and accurate description of why so many of us feel so out of sync with "society". It's heartening to know that we're not alone even if many of us keep our creative selves hidden just below the surface until we know that we're in good company. 😉
Your sensitive poem depicts so vividly the rupture between the inner world of one who lives at the outskirts of civilisation and the menacing crunch of a world that never stops trying to chisel away at us hoping to transform us into mere marionettes.
I appreciate that you haven’t lost faith and you keep trying to open doors into our hearts with your art. Don’t be surprised to discover that many will resonate with your words so masterfully crafted. Thank you for the poem! 🙏
This is comforting, too often felt I was a fish out of water. Beautiful
Erik, you speak for us all.
Wow. That was beautifully articulated.
Such Truth, Erik. I bow before your testimony.
The piece in its entirety titilates my soul, but I keep coming back to:
“It’s this archaic force that burns from
the most profound depths
of his being, an insatiable rapture
that coalesces the dark of the unconscious
with the universal light, arousing
the sheer realization of his
utter nothingness — the
true awakening.”
Bowing in gratitude.
Thought-provoking! And yet relatable!
Thank you for sharing. I completely relate. These are my latest feelings on the current narrative https://open.substack.com/pub/danoneill/p/everything-is-gone?r=3zg2g&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Remember you are more than skin and bones.
You are one thousand stories of before.
One thousand stories of potential.
There's more to come.
Victoria Erickson 💞 "If there’s anything that the predator class fears, it’s a clear thinking human being." ~ John Trudell
Been looking in my windows again. Thanks
Thank you for this.
Beautifully written.
I will read this many times over.
Thank you.
Damn, this one struck home.
Bravo.