Actual illustration from the operation manual for IBM 5160 Personal Computer (1984) “KARMA POLICE, ARREST THIS MAN. HE TALKS IN MATHS, HE BUZZES LIKE A FRIDGE. HE'S LIKE A DETUNED RADIO.” – “KARMA POLICE” BY RADIOHEAD Right about the same time that I had run out of extra work, our class was set to participate in another group activity. There was one area of the room that I had yet to be introduced: computers. Now, at this time in the mid 1980s, computers were not quite ubiqui

“IT’S AN INFINITE SINGLE CALL; IT’S THE ENERGY ABOVE. CONFISCATED CONFUSION, AND THE MESSAGE IS LOVE.” – “SPOKEN TO YOU AND YOU” BY JD STAHL Though I soon became a child who sought to be OF the world like so many of the other children my age, I did so carefully. I had become so accustomed to my language of energy, I found that the only way that I could be simultaneously IN and OF the world was to connect them with a corresponding purpose. From both sides of this internal/ext

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

“FULL OF FUEL, FOOL OF FIRE. BLANK SLATE EXPLOSION OF HEAVENS CHOIR. COMBINING ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE WITH DESIRE. BROKEN BRICKS CRUMBLE, HUMBLE AND WILD. LOGIC AND REASON FROM ANCESTRAL MOLD. BOLD. REMADE WITH STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD.” – “PROPHECY 13” BY JD STAHL Psychologically, children are a product of their immediate environments. All of us have absorbed the invisible energy of our families. Even if thoughts were left unexpressed, the energy used to suppress those thought

Back to the Theater After winning a free movie ticket from my last visit to the State Movie Theater, I kept my eyes peeled on the theater marquee every single time that I passed by in my parent's car or on the bus on the way to school. Though some of the movies had caught my eye, I wasn't overly excited about any of them. Eventually, however, there was a title that just seemed to grab tightly to my attentions. This movie was Back to the Future. Though I hadn't much informatio

Photo: Star Wars (movie) Natural Allies YODA: “MY ALLY IS THE FORCE, AND A POWERFUL ALLY IT IS. LIFE CREATES IT, MAKES IT GROW. ITS ENERGY SURROUNDS US, BINDS US. LUMINOUS BEINGS ARE WE; NOT THIS CRUDE MATTER.” – STAR WARS (MOVIE) One of the first movies that made an impression on me was Star Wars. In the early 1980's Star Wars was by far the most popular movie for boys my age. Considering that I had already been into computers and other science fiction concepts, my interest

People have often told me that “life is what you make of it.” Personally, I believe this is very true. However, we can take it to mean two entirely different things. In one aspect, we could simply take it as the belief that our perception will eventually shape the course of our entire lives--for better or for worse. We can either see the world as beautifully in balance or as a problem that constantly needs to be fixed. The other way we can understand this quote takes on an en