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ALRtist — There Are Two of Everything
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Published: 2013-04-07 13:08:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 184; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 0
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In this world,
There are two types of guns,
Ones that kill people, and ones that kill peoples hearts.
I try not to use either.
Also in this world, there are two types of sadness.
One that devours you, and one you can overcome.
I try not to let either into my life.
Then there are two types of wars.
One that is nessacary, and one that is unnessacary.
I try not to start any.
And finally there are two types of love.
Requited, and unrequited love.
I try to not choose either of those as well, because there is actually a third type of love.
It's a love that knows no hate, desires no change, and continues no matter what happens.
It's called merciful love. It's the "not getting what you deserve" love. and I'm giving it to YOU.
A.L.R.tist
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Well thank you very much, and I had one thing that i thought of that may help 'explain' how i can talk about things I don't necessarily believe/agree with... it's a quote from V For Vendetta. Have you seen/read it? It's the Part when Evey is talking to Gordon in his one room that is filled with all his 'illegal' artifacts. And he has a Qur'an and it's probably like one of the only known copies left in the world, or at least in that country. and she asks him "Are you a Muslim?" to which he responds "No, I'm in television." and the conversation continues as followed: "But why would you keep it?" "I don't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, or the poetry moving." "Is it worth it? If they found that here..." "I told you, you'd be the least of my worries."
So the line that applies to our conversation is The one that says "I don't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, or the poetry moving." so Muslim part aside, I think it expands on how I can still talk about and understand where others come from with religion, or beliefs, without actually agreeing with them/their belief. etc.... so yeah. that's that. Good movie btw, you should watch it sometime.
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To be honest - I went through your gallery because you have some interesting shots and you have a photogenic body and fashion sense, not to mention an attractive face
But I am pleasantly glad I stumbled upon this piece
Your use of parallelism and pairs, almost like "chorus writing"
Reminds me of ancient Hebrew literature, which relied a lot on such for their metaphors
I especially like the line
"There are two types of guns,
Ones that kill people, and ones that kill peoples hearts"
Cheers, m8
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Thank you for your inspiring insight into how you have interpreted my work. I love the feedback! I would love to see you return to read or view more of my future work! Cheers!
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I will be sure to
I am sure you get enough comments that say "Nice tits/ass/legs/etc"
But not many regarding the camera work, lighting - etc
So I will be sure to try and leave constructive comments on your photos and writings
Peace from Russia~
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thank you. as of right now i am limited in quality/resources for doing high res. photos, and when doing nudes..... i have nowhere to take them except in my rather... unprofessional room.... there's only so much i can do for backgrounds and such when i'm fully naked.... but as for my landscapes I would love to hear some good critiques! So by all means go all out with those, just keep in mind I know i could do so much better with my portraits and nudes.... URGH!!! if only i had the resources to do so!!!!!
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You are a decent model - however
You are also looking very healthy, too many women out there who seem to be anorexic to have that "super model shape"
Unfortunate that modern culture has disfigured the definitions of beauty
Landscapes, huh?
I will be sure to take a look at such
I tend to see a lot of art in nature - I only wish I had a good camera and was a good photographer
The fact that you are trying means enough!
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That is an interesting sentiment, but a bit simplistic suggesting there's only 2 type as you've described. I could debate this, but I'm not looking to cause an issue here. I would agree there's nothing in life that is all positive or negative, such as there's always to sides to each coin, so to speak. It is for each of us to decide if issues and people in our lives are more beneficial, or not worth the trouble, and those details can shift and change as time goes by, so it's not a simple to decide. I think you're getting real close to understanding a healthy 'LOVE', but it still takes a life-time to wrap one's mind around this and never truly master it with all our own issues that factor in. Too often we fall into a pattern of trying to control others around us for our own comfort through force or intimidation, which of course is not an expression of love. We need to recognize when this starts to happen and break that unhealthy cycle.
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thank you for the thoughts, but if it interests you, you might want to look at more of my writing. I did not and do not believe in only 2 of everything. in fact just because I write something with a certain view does not mean I agree with it... no, no. Sometimes I am merely voicing the ways that OTHERS see things. My writing is not always just about my personal beliefs. One does not always have to write about personal experiance, or belief. One can still write about something without actually agreeing with it, or having experienced it first hand. In a sense, stating that I understand what others believe shows that I have a vast knowledge of a variety of different views, and understanding them in no way means i agree. In fact this particular piece was writing this as if from the stand point of a christian who believes in the 2 dimensional aspect of good and evil, etc... plus I wrote this YEARS ago. but still that has no bearing on my own personal beliefs.
In fact I agree with you completely. love is NOT flat or two dimensional. Indeed, it is very vast and complicated. There are healthy and unhealthy loves, types of love that are flat, but there are just as often types of love that far exceed any understanding that mankind could ever comprehend. And really what is love? It is definitely not something that can be defined by any one man. Far be it from one individual to describe and label what love is for all of human kind much less just what it is to themselves. I believe that love is different to everyone, and it takes a lifetime to even scratch the surface of what love means to oneself, much less an entire planet. And even one lifetime is often not enough to unravel the complexities of love. And I think the mystery of what love is, is what makes it so desired, so unique. Because it is in definable. And man kind will talk about it for as long as we walk the universe, and it will change and evolve, but never be pinned to one flat description. because it is not something to be understood, merely felt, and lived, and experienced. And THAT is what I DO know about love.
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I see. Thank you for this detailed clarification. This response was even more interesting than what I had commented on. I understand you had written this years ago, but why did you post it without rewriting it to be more cohesive with your current thoughts while you were retyping it in? I know writers can write about things they've personally not dealt with, like any fantasy writer who could not have experienced the world they had created in their mind, but I don't understand why a Wordsmith would write philosophy that does not ring true to their beliefs? I am also an Author of philosophy on my personal web site mind-temple.com, but I could not imagine what you described. As I said before, I am not looking to get in an argument or even a debate here. You are welcome to publish anything you like. Just made a friendly forum of discussion.
I agree 'LOVE' is subjective, but I also believe 'LOVE' is a powerful force to be treated with caution as we would fire. It may be just an emotion, but it has been powerful enough to kill in many situations, so it can be creative, yet also destructive like fire. I believe it can be measured by a scale like measuring distance with a ruler. I've written about this as well: [link]
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well, i didn't rewrite it because it's still making a different point than what i personally believe. which is my point in writing it. i wanted to educate that there are other beliefs out there. and just because i don't agree, doesn't mean that i can't talk about it or understand their point of view. plus whether or not i agree with it now or ever... it is still something i wrote at one point of time in my life. I can always rewrite it as a NEW COPY... but I would NEVER delete my original thought. because it's a different part of me..... and i would never hide it from people, because it could still make an impact on someone just as it is. whether i believe it or not. someone else might find it useful just as it is.
plus, just like one cannot ERASE or REWRITE the past... i also believe it is wrong to ERASE or REWRITE past writing. I always keep the originals or rough drafts. because they matter too. just as much at the current or present ideas i have. Plus I didn't retype it in. i just copy and pasted it from my old blog.
on the next note, What one defines as a 'real experience' is very personal. it's just as much an emotional experience as it is a physical one. I believe that reality and experience are dependent on how you define real/reality. so in that light, one who writes fantasy or 'fiction' could still write it as a real experience without having actually 'touched' it because they know that 'fictional reality' better than anyone else. kind of like how some dreams you could SWEAR were real. and can recite every detail from within them. down to the smell and textures. That's how I think I am able to write from a different perspective. Because I can put myself into that different 'world' so to speak, and gain insight into what they experience/believe. even without agreeing with them. because I like to keep my mind open. One theory about the mind is that the mind is infinitely capable at birth and it can diminish overtime. maybe it's a talent i learned from my upbringing. but i also think it's to do with my personality and how i view the world. either way, I find it to be a strength that I can write about things I do not necessarily agree with. because the world is filled with an infinite selection of views and beliefs, therefore there are so many perspectives and ways to see the world. each unique in their views and all with points to ponder and things to gain. I strive to add perspectives from all peoples of the world to my own because how can you get a good clear view of the world if you only look at the world from one angle. furthermore, a wonderful quote from the TV show Fringe: "when we open our minds to the impossible, sometimes there we find the truth" I like this a lot, because I believe there are so many things that the world likes to say are 'impossible'. but so often what does the world like to believe? The IMPOSSIBLE. it's so contradictory. because so often people find it harder to believe the Improbable than it is to believe the impossible. but then, i guess there are also people who when face with a supposed impossibility turn a blind eye to a small possibility because something is marked as impossible. people believed once that the world was flat. and that sailing into the sunset would just sail you off the face of the earth. but there were a few people who took an unbelievable possibility that was thought to be IMPOSSIBLE and sailed off into that ocean, and so now our maps are bigger, our MINDS have opened a bit more, and the world is a bigger more vast place because of the people who took that chance and went on a gut feeling and a possiblity.... when we limit ourselves by saying something is IMPOSSIBLE... we close the door to the Possible. when we close the door before we even TRY, we lose so many opportunities to grow.
(also I know you are not making debate or argument, i just find this wonderful fuel for voicing my thoughts, and philosophies. so thank you!)
and yes i agree love is subjective and powerful, and to be treated with caution..... but one thing i vary from with your view is that i do not limit love to being JUST an emotion. I believe it is also an ACTION, and a LIFESTYLE, and a CHOICE, and among other things, but to start, the main ones are those 3. because yes we FEEL love, but love is also seen by how we live, what we do, and we also make choices because of a lack of or existence of love. for examples, action: a lack of or existance of love can motivate an action of war or peace. for Lifestyle: an existance of or lack of love can change how we live our daily life. and for choice: because of a lack of or existance of love, we also choose to do any number of things. yes EMOTION is the root. but we can see love or the lack of love in daily life.... and i think that is also what makes it so much like FIRE. because fire can start as a THOUGHT. but then as soon as someone takes that flint and steel, or those two tree branches.... and desides to rub them together... we create a spark. and it becomes PHYSICALLY TANGIBLE. and that idea/emotion becomes something much much more dangerous. it can create, consume.... and that's what makes it so... powerful. so yes you can make a fire... but just like you said..... i agree. keep a ruler handy... because you want to stay a bit back from the heat it produces. or you may be liable to get BURNT!
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I am very impressed with your mature thinking and articulation, which I rarely find in people many times your age. You have talents I would like to see where you go from here. I agree this is fun to inspire communication in this way. I've found DA most interesting and spend most of my time on-line here, as opposed to any other social media.
I may not get your point in the first and second paragraph, but that could be my own failing. I agree you would not alter a diary, as that would be trying to rewrite your history, but when it comes to a philosophy that is completely different and perpetually open to being refined or change as you learn more about life and ponder new understandings. There's nothing wrong with keeping the original text to remind us how we thought about it back then, but there's no need to publish that for the world to see.
I completely agree we should be open to other people's ideas to aid in our growth process and evolve, but why would we post that in our portfolio? If it were someone else's philosophy you want to publish here, which you may not necessarily agree with, you would then state who's ideas you are sharing here or what group of people who share those ideas, how it is not your own idea within that post, how your thoughts differ, and why as a counter post.
As to 'LOVE' I do not believe I said it is just an emotion. You make a good point how the combination of what it evokes in us to action is an important part of this equation. Hence my comparing it to fire, which can be both a huge benefit to us when handled well, and incredibly destructive when mishandled. Cause and effect go hand in hand.
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agreed in most all you said. though I do differ on one or two counts and i think i should clarify that I DID at one time believe and follow that mindset that i wrote in this poem. but over time my views changed, or rather i questioned if i ever truly believed in what was taught me. I think sometimes there are cases like my own where upbringing, having not known any other views, and fear can play into that. because i think i 'believed' that teaching because I knew nothing else at the time, and eventually once i did learn others views, i feared what my family would think if i did believe differently, and thus i tried to convince myself that there was merit to their teachings and beliefs. but alas, i could not force myself to wear (believe) something i had 'grown out of'. and so i took a different path.
to continue, in that light, it is a part of me, and i think even if it's not something i currently believe, it can still be of use or help to someone else. because just like in real life, you can put 'your best work' into a portfolio, but sometimes that may not be what others think are 'your best work' because other people see you differently than you see yourself. so who is to say what is valuable and invaluable? because like the saying goes "one mans trash is another mans treasure" so you can fill your portfolio with all the things YOU think are going to make the best impression, but you will never really know what will speak to a person other than yourself, so I like to put in a VAST array of pieces into MY portfolio because people are NOT flat or one dimensional. I have many sides, hues, values, and textures. and i want to paint the best and MOST COMPLETE portrait of myself that i can. so it only makes sense to include everything. my old views may be a treasure for someone else while they are now merely trash to me.
anyways, ah, i apologize, i must have misunderstood your phrasing in regards to love as an emotion. but yes i agree completely and see your point. 
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No offense at all, and I hope none taken, as it would seem. Again, you make valid points. I do not mean to come off as telling you what to do or how to do it. Just a friendly suggestions, to discard if you feel it has no value. I have found you more interesting than 99% of the others here on DA, so I'm sure we will have more to inspire conversation. I have Daughters your age, so it's interesting we've bridged a generational gap here. Keep on, and I will appreciate what you've chosen to share with us.
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