The dominance of darkness casts a shroud over the world at night, replacing the illuminate glory of the sun. For a vast amount of surface dwelling creatures, the province of Night is a truly suppressive might that cannot be simply overcome. Many creatures resign themselves into a defensive state of living when the Sun is forced into the abyss, and even humanity, with all it's technological and societal might, is still largely adverse of the rule of night. When so much of our time is ... read more
Finding companionship or the right place to fit into life is one of the most monumental tasks assigned to us in life. While humanity has ascended itself to such a comfortable place that we can progress ourselves to finding procreation or companionship as a non-necessary part of life, we still find ourselves innately striving to find the most accommodating place for our comfort. In many love stories, a core tenement is that the love between the parties is strong enough to last in any ... read more
The constant need for stimuli in the digital age is a luxury we often indulge in beyond our needs to a staggeringly degree. At the most heinously consumptive side we have a constant need to ingest and regurgitate and ad nauseam with products like generative AI that seeks to distill culture and creativity into something that only holds value in the moment of consumption and devoid of creative value. Nearly every (and arguably every) aspect of our need for stimuli has been inoculated by a need ... read more
The Green World is a colloquial term for the natural world outside the purview of human civilization. When outside of the stretches of cities and neighborhoods stretches a verdant landscape as far as you can see, what can one assume but that this land is something separate from ours. This land generally belongs to nature save the random hermit or commune, and often the color most present is that of green. Blades of grass coat the plains and hills, moss covers over damp stones and festers over ... read more
Faux is a word that elusively defies transitioning to English, but it's meaning is clearer than any such action could incur. Simply put, it translates to either false or fake depending on the circumstances. To complicate the matter further, the french phrase "faux pas" is unadulterated in it's usage in America. "Faux Pas" is an embarrassing or faulty action or remark taken in regards to a social situation, which is a bit further away from "false" or ... read more