sharkoftheday In reply to tetrs [2005-10-24 01:41:31 +0000 UTC]

Seeing that picture attracted me to your gallery in the first place. Its a beautiful rendering on the subject, but I just did not know what to say. My reaction was that it brought out the delicacy of the individual and subject and just looked as though they were nurturing this butterfly, their beauty.

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sharkoftheday In reply to Myskina [2005-09-29 21:48:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh and also I do have 1 picture (other than the id) which I am quite proud of posting.

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sharkoftheday In reply to Myskina [2005-09-29 21:43:23 +0000 UTC]

I didn't see your name on the list so I wondered.

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sharkoftheday In reply to flordelys [2005-09-28 04:36:40 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome. I absolutely the surreal (to some extent I am trying to create this in poetry).

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sharkoftheday In reply to tiamat9 [2005-09-11 17:40:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you as well.

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tiamat9 In reply to sharkoftheday [2005-09-11 17:43:07 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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sharkoftheday In reply to Axterxes [2004-10-10 19:11:20 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure...I'm not even sure why I'm here right now.

Have you ever tired of receiving endless praise and not one line of criticism?

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Axterxes In reply to sharkoftheday [2004-10-15 08:27:55 +0000 UTC]

I feel very little commenting in general on my own work, but it's enough; Praise can be tiring, yes...almost like being in the heat of the summer all year long, and never getting the satisfaction of a passing car spraying you with a puddle of muddy water in the winter and having to feel cold and rained in.
I suppose it's because the truth about people comes out when they are most lonely, even in the midst of a crowd of lovers. I feel lonely when I don't have an active OTHER talking and breaking up my creative side, I lose momentum, my ego-if there is one- turns to mush...but all in good time, you'll lose the skin and shine in a new one.

I'll tell you one thing, I've never seen a real reason to criticize anything, because it is hopelessly unreal to try and comitt order to creation, creation has no perfection or order,thus no criticism is REAL to me, it has no weight for what I do, it changes nothing of my productions except my ego-if there is one, again- which is affected..

i could criticize you for not being here more often. it makes you blend into the background when you do that, not good.

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sharkoftheday In reply to Axterxes [2004-10-16 02:53:42 +0000 UTC]

'Tis true creation has no order, but all our life is perspective; the past, future, and present are maintained as not existing except in our minds (thus, as i argue, we exist in the state that we exist). Because everything is viewed subjectively and, consequently, with bias, insight or even criticism provide the side from a person detached from the work. It has nearly the same effect as coming back 6 months to a year later and reading the poem again, the view is more detached so, even though it is subjective, the bias of attachment is reduced and perhaps even replaced with the bias of further experience, although that is not necessarily a good thing.

nothing is real to me. at times it is hard enough to convince myself that i exist; others that this world exists. it is nearly impossible to believe that this grew out of simple-minded beings who discovered fire to bring warmth. The first man was lucky. If it was possible for this person to have lofty thoughts, which without as formal a system of language is inconceivable as to how, it would have been much easier for this person to believe that everything existed. Maybe not that she/he existed, but that the world around them existed, because they had to battle it with much less defenses as we have built today. (Yet the notion stays the same, seek shelter in a rain storm because its cold out!)

Anyway, I have not been here because for once everything didn't seem to matter here. When a shadow is faced with reality and the passage of time, it perceives its own existence. Going back to school, I had to exit out of one dream to eventually enter another (it doesn't feel like a dream yet), but in the time before this new state of sleep is acheived, when the shadow is a figure with dimension and aware of its surroundings, all things that are but faceless shades become unimportant and remind the figure that it is just another shadow lost in the night.

By being in others' conscious awareness here, i sacrifice being conscious of my own life and take time away from things that are already stretched and strained.

Yes, being in a crowd of lovers (friendships included) just makes me feel more lonely and, bearing no other being to speak with, i turn in word and thought to my dearest, beloved f(r)iend who has always been at my side...Death. Of course, it is demonic at the moment that it plagues one's thoughts and authoritative when it demands respect, but otherwise pleasant company and a worthy muse.

...Speaking of muses (I've missed rambling in case you have not noticed by now) it's disturbing to think that as much as i despise western religion, if i were not raised as a church-going catholic then i would lose probably a third of my inspiration (by way that my dislike and part misconception, part perception of hypocrisy, especially of the light, was also related to religion).
Lastly, Moneer, i doubt you know this, but nearly every word you have written has had an effect on me upon coming back to look at them more detached from present conceptions. With that fog lifted or perhaps with the opportunity to reflect consciously and subconsciously, the meaning of the words becomes clearer and...i'm not sure. The proverb, those who worship fire but are afraid to be burned are like the pilgrim lost in the woods. It shows that we can never truly know ourselves, because there is always something that we cannot stand up towards. I realized how much i had lost my sense of self and have since attempted to find it again.

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sharkoftheday In reply to StupidGit [2004-07-19 01:57:38 +0000 UTC]

On what street are you located?

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StupidGit In reply to sharkoftheday [2004-07-19 03:13:22 +0000 UTC]

LaCosta Ct... it's offa Stoney Brook Dr?

You?

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sharkoftheday In reply to StupidGit [2004-07-19 21:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Four Seasons. Where Manner Dale and Six Mile intersect.

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StupidGit In reply to sharkoftheday [2004-07-19 23:52:20 +0000 UTC]

Really? I know two people who live in that neighborhood... being one of them... ^^ Small world...

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sharkoftheday In reply to pri32 [2004-07-08 23:17:35 +0000 UTC]

Now i really know that i need to update that journal. I just deleted all of them and have plans to view the gallery's individually. Right now i have 280, it grows too much in a day for me.

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sharkoftheday In reply to pri32 [2004-07-02 19:42:33 +0000 UTC]

Louisville, or rather the mile between Louisville and Jefferson Town. It's strange, but there is some kind of law which prevents either city from expanding it's city to encompass this area. For practical purposes though, it's part of Louisville.

...You say that you have a desire to take the passive role in sex. That's also the only thing i find erotic, taking the role of a woman that is. Just saying because you don't have to explain, since i have much experience with that desire and think i'm somewhat bi as well.

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pri32 In reply to sharkoftheday [2004-07-02 20:55:38 +0000 UTC]

are you part of ~kentuckians ? they're planning a dev meet sometime...

yup. being a guy sucks x_x

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sharkoftheday In reply to pri32 [2004-07-03 23:27:15 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know about it, will join shortly.

yeah.

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unknownsoldier In reply to unknownsoldier [2004-06-18 04:43:22 +0000 UTC]

Tony Iommi lost the tips of 2 of his fingers as well
and thanks to him we have detuned guitars, light guage strings, and 24 fret necks, not ot mention heavy metal

to stoned Englishmen!

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sharkoftheday In reply to unknownsoldier [2004-06-30 17:26:32 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know that...i always thought he was typical of a post-Hendrix era or something (since several guitarists play with similar techniques). But he's probably my favorite rock guitarist (and the only one i've heard use octaves). But that was not precisely the reason i raise my glass to gypsies....Gypsies possess something of an extraordinary musical talent, it is almost guaranteed; this is not precisely the case with stoned englishmen.

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unknownsoldier In reply to sharkoftheday [2004-08-01 01:59:10 +0000 UTC]

David Bowie
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Beatles
The Who
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Sex Pistols
Led Zeppelin

as you were saying...

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sharkoftheday In reply to unknownsoldier [2004-08-05 20:45:03 +0000 UTC]

But so many common people with little talent.
Here is partly what i refer to, i was watching a video of three gypsies playing. They were young: 7, 8, and 11 (if i am not mistaken). Each of them started playing when they 5 years old. In fact, the father's youngest child tried picking up a guitar when he was only three. They were not professionals but what they were playing was impressive, especially their coordination. (I was not the only one to think so, in the room were two contemporary jazz guitarists: Ron Affif and John Stowell.) As i have picked up, this is not limited to these three individuals; this is supposedly something that almost all gypsies are capable of and this musical talent is confirmed by their history. That is, gypsies were famous for westernizing Eastern music, especially that of India.

That is all.

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sharkoftheday In reply to unknownsoldier [2004-06-18 03:56:00 +0000 UTC]

Ah, so you know of Django as well (same here...except for some other jazz guitarists, but that's different). Arrogant, but wow. Every time i hear Improvisation i'm blown away....I couldn't even dream of doing that much with two fingers. To gypsies!

Good luck anyway and thank you.

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