Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Darkness Found

by one lost in light

                                                                                           photograph by photogramme


In the morning, I could see clearly the bronze house in front. Oh, such charm. I know where I am going. The long flat road, it is long but at least the path is clear. I can make it. I will make it. No respite. To no end do I move to fulfill my dream.

After a long walk, I made it. Moving closer, I saw my name etched on the bronze front door. Through the window I saw pleasant furnishings and bountiful of food. I stopped but did not enter, for up ahead beyond the valley, I see a house of silver.

At noon, I could see even more clearly the silver house in front. Oh, such wondrous beauty. I  know where I am, where I am going. The footpath is winding but it is still fairly simple to maneuver. I can make it. I WILL make it. Do not tarry. To no end do I move to fulfill the longing and wanting.

After traversing the difficult broken roads, I made it. Moving closer, I saw my name again etched on the silver door. Through the window, I saw an extravagant space decorated with fineries and a great feast set out on the dining table. I stopped again but did not enter, for up ahead in between two great mountains, I see a house of gold.

At mid afternoon, I could see the golden house in front. Oh, such magnificence. The sun emanating the warm glow of gold. I know where I am, whence I came, where I am going. The thick maze of trees and dangerous mountain paths may prove perilous. But I can make it. I MUST make it. Be vigilant. To no end do I move to fulfill the obsession and addiction.

After struggling through the dense forest and steep rocky roads, I made it. Moving closer, I see my name again on the door. I stopped. For to my surprise, it was not a house of gold but a house of straw. I looked through the window and found a straw bed, a loaf of bread and pale of water. The afternoon sun tricked me, casting its beautiful glow directly behind the straw house.

At sunset, it became increasingly difficult to see. I look behind and see the the bronze and silver houses dissolve into nothingness in the sinking light. I know whence I came, where I am, and I felt regret. I did not know where I was going. I could not make it. I had failed. In defeat, I entered the straw house.

At night, I could not see anything. The darkest unwillingness conceivable thrust upon me. There was no moonlight and even the stars shun their blinking stares from me. Sitting on my hard straw bed, I ate my meager dinner and what little water was left, I saved. My spirits plunged into great depths that I did not even know possible, for the great wanting of more have left me with even less.

In my greatest moment of despair, I looked out from the straw window and there came a realization. All around there was. All there IS. Darkness. Silence. Everything else was gone. Everything. But there was no panic. No fear. No anger. There was acceptance. Nothing more to be thought. Nothing more to feel. The warmth and safeness enclosed wholly upon me. In that darkness, there was peace.

At dawn, I stirred with a plain mind. I went outside and could see, clearer than I ever saw. There were great trees and bushes of wild fruit, planes of grain behind the straw house and a mountain stream. The house of bronze and house of silver lay in the low grounds and valley. But I no longer found need or want for them. I knew whence I came, and there was nowhere I wanted to go. I was where I wanted to be. At the straw house, I found something of infinitely greater value than bronze, silver and gold combined. I found happiness.

Monday, June 28, 2010

It Comes

The blood, the blood,
A bleeding heart.
The scream, the scream,
A terrible cry.

Knock on the door. Don't let it in. Please don't let it in...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Arsenic and Old Lace

by Joseph Kesselring

It is the story of two delightful, elderly Brooklyn sisters whose acts of kindness include the poisoning of lonely old men who answer their ad for a room to rent. With a clear conscience, they congratulate themselves on having saved yet another soul from loneliness by dispatching them to their heavenly destiny. Their nephew Mortimer, a theatre critic, has fallen in love with the girl who lives next door to his aunts, Elaine Harper, and has taken to visiting frequently. The drama takes place when Mortimer discovers the extent of his aunts' charity work, and in a frantic effort to contain the situation, endeavours to have his brother Teddy, who is quite openly mad, held responsible and committed to Happy Dale Sanitorium. Life is never that straightforward, however, and it is on this very eve that the psychopathic, long lost brother Jonathan reappears looking for shelter in the home of his aunts. He brings with him his accomplice Dr Einstein and some baggage of his own he needs to dispose of in a hurry...

Above description of the play from ASN website. This one was really nice, from start to finish it was really lovely. Specially liked the people who played Mortimer and the Aunts. They were great. The play was about 2.5 hours but it was really funny and smart, so it did not feel all that long at all. Also the actors overall did the accents pretty well as the story is in Brooklyn. Nice little black comedy. Love it.


Friday, June 11, 2010

All Is None, None Is All

There is nothing. More there is none. But then again, more there is. More of everything, everything which is nothing. All things are nothing. And nothing is everything. The man is gone, there is no man. The man is all. None is all. All is none. All is the man. Darkness is gone. Light is absent. Where is the dark? Where is the light? Seeing all dark and feeling all light. All is dark. All is light. All there is, is light and dark. Where is the hot? Where is the cold? There is no warmth, there is no chill. Heat pulls into grasp and cold seeps in in equal measure. No heat no frost, constant relativity of what is. What is not. What would be. What would not be. The man is gone. What to do now? What to not do? Nothing to do but everything else. For the man is gone. Was there the tiny man to begin with? Yes, because you know him. The man is nothing and the man is everything. And so this is truth, and  this is lie. He is thesis, he is antithesis. Tiny man. Giant man. I am the man, he is the man, you are the man, they are the man.  All are no man.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Mister B. Gone

by Clive Barker

Just finished this book just now. Took me about 6 hours to finish. It is as a very good story and a very interesting idea.

Firstly it is a book. And what is important is that it is a book. There is a demon trapped in this book. If you open it, you will find Mister B. the demon, He will ask you to burn this book and read no further. If you read on it is at your own peril.

What he treats you to is the story of his life and how he ended up being trapped in this book. But be warned, this book is all things evil and by its end you may be as corrupted as Mister B. Mister B. has a very interesting story to tell. If you would like to wager your life, do read it...