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A letter to James Dean on sensitivity, introversion, & metaphysical relationships

10 Thursday Nov 2016

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Dear James,

The following quote has been attributed to you but I’m not sure if you actually said it as there’s some debate online regarding its origin.

Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.

For the sake of this letter and my sanity I’m going to assume that those words did spring from that solitary, sensitive soul of yours, because Continue reading →

A shout into the void

31 Sunday Jan 2016

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There is nothing mild about me. Beneath this docile demeanour lies a screaming soul, eager, waiting to be heard. I was never the poster child for ‘live fast, die young’ but where raging passion, all-consuming desire and uncontainable emotions are concerned, I am the wildest of children, a wild child who cannot — will not — be tamed. So hear me roar. Feel the deafening thunder of my soul shake the ground below your feet. Then you might understand why I come across as reserved: I am, for he/she who feels as much as I. Until then, bear witness to my soul, naked and unrelenting, words on a page.