Thoughts by M.

"The Book of Elsewhere" by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville perfectly captures the feeling I have watching facets of humanity view each new scientific discovery as a new brilliant way to annihilate each other. 

-- June Thoughts

"Ordinary Monsters" by J. M. Miro is such a beautiful, haunting book. I was delighted to hear there will be sequel. -- June Thoughts

"Rewrite the Stars" and "This is Me" are two of my favorite songs from a movie I dearly love: The Greatest Showman. -- June Thoughts

It is incredible how one can watch the chaotic ripples of bad decisions playing out on a global stage for months, shaken yet intact. Then comes the one case that rocks you, wrecks you, bleeds you: An 11 year old suicide.

History will judge this time period. And it will not be kind.

-- June Thoughts

"Black Snow" is nestled between the incredible shows "Unforgotten" & "Dept. Q," a reminder of the realities faced with cold case investigations. And like them, I truly felt every moment. Amazing work on the part of the cast & crews of all three. 

-- May Thoughts

Dark Winds & Project 562 returned parts of myself I had forgotten, the echoes  of elders long gone. The struggle for self-identity in a world so determined to forget the unhealed & ugly parts of our pasts has been a lifelong theme for me. 

-- May Thoughts

Those who work with me know that I am fond of saying that "Artists Create Golden Ages." This is not just a catch phrase, but a reality that I’ve witnessed my entire life.  Artists live authentically. This inspires others to dream, fly and grow.

 Adults who refuse to confront the chaos within are destined to transfer this destructive force to the canvas of our world. 

Look around you now.  What do you see? Which path will you choose? 

-- April Thoughts

At 18, the discovery of my biological parents' occupations placed my birth directly on the line of morality that societies pretend to honor. And so I stand with those hiding behind these screens from other monstrous relatives, ambitious predators, and the chronically bored that have forgotten the ethics of privacy while online.

-- April Thoughts

Somehow, the intro of a Marvel show creatively captures the feeling of reality crumpling to dust at our feet far better than most commentary. -- March  Thoughts

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 story 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." - October Thoughts