augmented man

For 18 long months, he poured his soul onto the page, sacrificing possessions, even his car, to fuel the fire of his creation. When he finally finished, he was a cool $10,000 in the hole and couldn't even afford to send the whole thing to the publisher. He had to send half...

We are led by the least among us the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons

When victory, not my victory, but the great victory comes,

The markers behave like pinholes in a dark plate, small punctures that declare “something is missing here” while refusing to resolve the missing into a stable picture #Leschnitz #Philosophenweg #Silesia #Schlesien

The poem you’re starving for

Nobody is too young or too old to read a poem

Hommage à Carl Sandburg

you taught my fear to breathe and become song

Hommage à Rainer Maria Rilke

Hommage à Pat Schneider

Du, Siegelzwerg

Hush, what if not knowing is your smartest move What if maybe is the muscle you’ve been missing There’s a door between yes and no, want in Ready to feel lighter without choosing a side What happens when you stop performing answers Come see where confusion turns into calm

Your Typos Are Trying to Tell You Something The 3 Letters That Transform Problems Into Poetry augmentedman(.)sub_stack

you feel it every day ⬜️ that suffocating pressure to share everything, be everywhere, stay visible. Your phone buzzes. Another notification. Another demand for your attention, your data, your soul Meanwhile, inside?

Notice the stark beam hitting the gallery wall in the photo below? Stand in it long enough and you don’t become clearer you disappear

The Monk and His Concrete Poetry Have you ever felt the pull of words that refuse to be merely read, words that insist on being seen, felt and contemplated? I’ve found myself stirred by the unconventional “typewritings” of a British Benedictine monk named Dom Sylvester Houédard

Time stands still, yet meaning flows

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If our reasoning comes from our culture and relationships, can anyone truly think for themselves?