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Dark Thoughts
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Darkened mind, greyed-out world, unlit room.Sadness close to madness, we are dumb, we are doomed.Talks and promises hit and run, eyes left running, days run too — dry of wit.Massacre, attack, invasion.Greed, betrayal, inflation. Seeking out the darkest place — to do what needs to be the case.A corner, full of books, back covered from the crooks.A single light, […]
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Bright Light in the Dark Ages
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The Dark Middle Ages is a well-known phenomenon. We all know that expression, but I doubt that we all think about the same when hearing it. Some people hear it as convoluted thinking, a dictatorship of the church, not allowing any modern science, poetry, or other joys. Others, who like me studied the history of […]
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AI in Leadership Writing
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When writing something, your use of AI will lead to the loss of your unique perspective – which as what is the real value of your writing.
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The Neighbors 7: A Moment of Empathy
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Our old friends and heroes have left the castle by the sea, now living their normal lives after a good and well-deserved rest and recovery. Being retired comes with the convenience of being allowed to think back and to consider the overall perspectives of society — and the freedom to do this as much as […]
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Thoughtful Colours
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Today started with colourful thoughts! My midnight blue computer opened in dark mode and switched shortly to bright mode, this way presenting me for a broad palette of greys in the various parts of the user interface. A cup of black espresso lungo with its brownish foam in a green cup was a perfect complement […]
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Writers’ Communities
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For most writers, getting known – getting in touch with an audience – is the main challenge. Of course, writing in itself can be seen as a challenge, but since a writer probably starts writing in the first place because they know something about how to write, the main challenges lie outside the trade itself. […]
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The Book
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…Funny, because the book was — funny. But it made me cry. For having fun with a book instead of people. For being on the outside of that funny book, not being part of the fun, just watching it through its confusing window of paper and ink. That thought made me laugh. Sad, because the thought was — sad. […]
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Waking Up
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Silence The emergence of light met her eyes through a narrow opening. Rebecca instinctively tried to avoid that strange, intrusive feeling that light can make at the first glimpse of it — when the day starts. Day What day was it? She didn’t even remember having gone to bed. She searched her mind for anything […]
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Common Sense
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Common sense is more than nonsense.Creative more than standard.Special more than normal. Common sense isanti-academicanti-egalitariananti-standardanti-normalanti-common Common is special.Common is creative in a world of up-beat normals. Common coffee is not a latte.Common tea is not a special blend of Himalaya and Rooibos.Common days are days of understandable simplicity. Common people are unusual.They are special in […]
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Short and Surprising
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First thoughts I love reading short stories. I always did. But I love writing long stories. A paradox! But it is not so strange, actually, since the very same mechanism is in play — When reading a short story, I can fill in the blanks myself. And imagine what came before, what comes after, and what happens […]
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