by Bela Johnson | Feb 29, 2012 | art, inspiration, random thoughts, Uncategorized, writing
There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair. ~ Haruki Murakami I am a self proclaimed perfectionist, though I have spent the better part of my life trying to dismantle the harmful aspects of this particular...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 28, 2012 | Hawaii, nature, Uncategorized
If I drown in the ocean, if I die in this way – if I slide low and deep, I’d feel lucky today. If I dive in the water; if I crash in that wave; if the sands pull me under, I’d feel happy to stay. Life would lack certain meaning (with respect due to You) –...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 23, 2012 | community, inspiration, personal, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Glancing at a current issue of Vanity Fair, not one but several celebrity questionnaires assault my eyes. And it’s not so much the responses they have given (though I discover, if words reflect accurately, that Matt Damon seems a decent sort of human being) –...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 21, 2012 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Sometimes I find myself wrapped in envy for those who seem to possess a sort of natural foundation to their lives. Not the ones with the two-point-five children and a house in the suburbs, no. That holds no allure for me whatsoever. It’s more a kind of self possession...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 15, 2012 | culture, lifestyle, philosophy, Uncategorized
In the 1940’s, Thomas Wolf wrote a book called You Can’t Go Home Again, in which protagonist George Webber quips, You can’t go back home to your family, back home to your childhood … back home to a young man’s dreams of glory and of fame...
