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The Process of Belief

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Belief focuses, clarifies and animates people to action. The judgment of those actions are beholden to the reflection of history.  As the various characters from my book The Eyes of Shadow: Myth of Oblivion come to life, I'm finding the intricacies of human behavior quite fascinating. For example, what are the drivers for each of the character's behaviors? Given the multiple methods people can be influenced, (e.g. auditory, tactile, or visual) it can be challenging to drill-down to just one. Therefore, I have decided to incorporate multiple catalysts throughout this book. The impetus of belief helps to fuel the under currents of their lives and civilizations. However, I still run into the obstacle of why. Why are there agitators? Why do the characters react in specific ways to these agitators? Well, they didn't just wake up one day and decide this is how I view the world . Human behavior is influenced by more than just instinct. It is influenced by a society's b...

The Significance of Being Insignificant

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The world is but a fragment sliced from the celestial womb of creation and cast to ellipse the heavens Last year I was spring cleaning in my attic and found treasure! It was a shoe box bound by a dusty, red off color string of yarn. It had been at least several years since I arranged the attic so I honestly did not have a clue as to what was in this slightly heavy box I found. When I opened it, I peered at a book stuffed with folded loose papers. They were my old writings from middle school all the way through college. I had reduced the amount of time I wrote creatively to only once or twice every year or so since I had left college. Furthermore, the writings I did have were scribbled on unbound pieces of paper and scattered across a variety of locations including inside books, notebooks, clothing pockets, drawers, well, you get the picture. Finding this box was a sign. Well, one sign. Also last year, my younger sister Elyssa passed away. She was only 29 years old. Elyssa an...