"At the moment, we are witnessing 'trickle down chaos' after it has discarded the window dressing of rhetoric. " -- February Thoughts
"So many negative variables have been added into the equation of humanity's survival that a catastrophic reckoning can come from any direction. Peace is now the only viable outcome left. " -- February Thoughts
"Of all the brilliant performances by Mads Mikkelson, few can top the loaded silences of 'Hannibal.' In Season II, this trait is particularly masterful when Mason Verger disrespects the chair of his office. In one look, Hannibal schools us that the shock of audacity will only last long enough for him to calculate the appropriate action to crush such an ego." -- January Thoughts
"Psychology has yet to encompass ramifications of the reality so clearly displayed by Travis Fimmel's Desmond Hart in the final scenes of 'Dune: Prophecy,' the horror of learning that your origin begins with monsters who masquerade as human." - January Thoughts
"Each year, we tell ourselves that corporate decisions will be humane for the holiday season. And every December, we are reminded of just how eager people can be to wreck someone else's Christmas, all for a little bit of power."
- December Thoughts
From William Wordsworth's "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" -- "A multitude of causes, unknown to former times, are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor." -- December Thoughts
"After a literary meal of 'Carrion Comfort' by Dan Simmons and 'The Straw Men' Trilogy by Michael Marshall, reality hits differently. At least one of these characters will remind you of an energy vampire you've met." - November Thoughts
"The outstanding cast & crew of 'The Penguin' have provided a visceral education of how ordinary monsters rise to power. When followed by the works of Martha Stout, Ph.D., the camouflaged wolves among us are plainer to see." - November Thoughts
"Fuminori Nakamura so clearly defines the line of morality in Chapter 16 of 'The Thief' that the mind stumbles over the elaborate loopholes societies create to pretend it hasn't been crossed. " - November Thoughts
"I'd never read 'The Parable of the Sower' by Octavia E. Butler. This week, I set the book down after only 23 pages, flinching from a reality almost close enough to touch." - November Thoughts
"Womanhood is too often a journey through pressure to be submissive, obedient & silent. These fine lines of conformity create anxiety. Using meditation, I turn within to navigate these unstable waters." - October Thoughts
"In 2015's Far from the Madding Crowd, Everdene Bathsheba said, 'It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language chiefly made by men to express theirs.' She's right. Existing language can't express how I feel watching so many of us choosing war in every aspect of life." - October Thoughts
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