Cast Out of the Kinder Garden “WITHOUT GOING OUT OF MY DOOR, I CAN KNOW ALL THINGS OF EARTH. WITHOUT LOOKING OUT OF MY WINDOW, I COULD KNOW THE WAYS OF HEAVEN. THE FARTHER ONE TRAVELS, THE LESS ONE KNOWS.” – “THE INNER LIGHT” BY THE BEATLES It is a requirement of every soul's experience to be shattered in order to be able to grow beyond its previous state of vibration. In a similar way that light experiences “dis-ease” following an encounter with a prism, the pure white light

Exclamation Marks the Spot “A SHARED SEAT AT THE PINE TABLE COCKTAIL PARLOR. SHARED INSPIRATION MARKED IN TIME, LIKE AN NEUROTRANSMITTER EXCLAMATION POINT. SPACETIME CONTINUUM HOTEL HOLIDAY SUITE.” – “SUPERS” BY JD STAHL To say that I was able to learn a lot from movies would be an understatement. Not only was I able to consider all of the different perspectives from each character, but my innocent childlike curiosity always took me deeper and deeper into each plot. While par

All-Wheel Sprite Suspension “AWAY FROM THE SIGHTS, THE SOUNDS, THE RIGID SCHEDULES—THE FROWNS, EXPECTATIONS, LABELS, COPIES OF PASSERS BY. THERE IS A PLACE WHERE I GO THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW. JUST LEAVE YOURSELF BEHIND. YOU MAY QUIET THE VOICES. YOU’RE FREE FROM ALL OF THEIR CHOICES...FOR YOU.” – “THE WAY” BY JD STAHL Though I had toiled away many hours in front of the keyboard and computer screen, eventually I found the limits to my own development. Sure, games like Frogge

Illustration by Alex Grey 7-Year Switch “ONE’S AMBITION, ATTITUDE, AND MOTIVATIONS ARE DETERMINED EARLY IN LIFE—THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS TO BE PRECISE. MAKING CHANGES LATER IN LIFE TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS (REWIRING YOUR BRAIN), WHICH IS PROGRAMMED IN THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS, TAKES A TON OF EFFORT AND SELF-AWARENESS.” – DR. BRUCE LIPTON Up until the age of 7, children are primarily building upon their theta-state consciousness. This is the source of our subconscious programming contai

Compound Eyes of the Butterfly Effect “EVEN FLOW, THOUGHTS ARRIVE LIKE BUTTERFLIES. OH, HE DON'T KNOW, SO HE CHASES THEM AWAY. OH, SOMEDAY YET HE'LL BEGIN HIS LIFE AGAIN. LIFE AGAIN, LIFE AGAIN. KNEELIN'. LOOKIN' THROUGH THE PAPER THOUGH HE DOESN'T KNOW TO READ. OH, PRAYIN', NOW TO SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER SHOWED HIM ANYTHING.” – “EVEN FLOW” BY PEARL JAM Our internal dialogue is actually an attempt for these multiple planes to align and create correspondence. If we become rea

Another Degree of Difficulty (ADD) “THIS IS HOW I SHOW MY LOVE. I MADE IT IN MY MIND BECAUSE...BLAME IT ON MY ADD, BABY. THIS IS HOW AN ANGEL DIES. BLAME IT ON MY OWN SICK PRIDE. BLAME IT ON MY ADD, BABY.” – “SAIL” BY AWOLNATION The more that I allowed myself to be consumed by the unlimited number of possible human variables, the word revealed itself to be much stranger than I had previously believed it to be. There didn't seem to be anywhere that I could stop analyzing and e