ArtistofConviction

I am a 26 year-old prose artist from Minneapolis, MN. I've written one creative essay on astrology, "The Map of Human Identity," and am currently finishing the details for my first graphic novel, "North of Heaven's Parallel" (I'm still seeking an illustrator for this project). Some things you'll find on this blog are: great music (from indie rock to hip-hop; trip-hop to alternative), excerpts from my new book, rare quotes, essays on creativity (and other mind-blowing ideas) and, of course, personal journals (the really interesting stuff!). Check it out and always feel free to share your thoughts.  

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My intellect set me apart. Faced with difficult choices, I knew nobody whose advice might prove useful. Nobody living.

Alan Moore, "Watchmen"

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Clams Casino, "I'm God."

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"[W]hen the Father sends the Advocate as my representative - that is, the Holy Spirit - he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you."

John 14:26

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"Reverse World," by God is an Astronaut.

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Dee-1 ft. Kennedi Rayne - The Garden of Eden

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It is strange that betrayal should come to a person like me. I suppose that everyone, faced with my clarity, feels the urge to betray. There can be no greater victory for betrayal than to betray such clarity.

Yukio Mishima, The Decay of the Angel

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Stop judging by appearances and make a right judgment.

Sarah Kane, 4:48 Psychosis

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The people I fear for are the one's I don't like because they hate themselves so much, they won't let anyone else like them either.

Sarah Kane, 4:48 Psychosis

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The imagination lightens the mind - it gives the mind and body a happy place to live - without this, humankind is just a bunch of tedious affairs, lacking vision.

Dustyn Hessie, The Map of Human Identity

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Halou's "Albatross."

I couldn't find this one on the music-finder but it's a beautiful song and I love writing to it, so I have to share it.

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To see what is right and not do it is cowardice.

Confucius, The Analects

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When you come across a superior person, think of being equal to him [or her!]. When you come across an inferior person, turn inwards and examine yourself.

Confucius, The Analects

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Not to talk with people although they can be talked with is to waste people. To talk with people although they can't be talked with is to waste words. A man [or woman!] of understanding does not waste people, but he [or she!] also does not waste words.

Confucius, The Analects

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Bondage is based on ignorance and / Liberation is based on knowledge.

The Uddhava Gita: The Final Teaching of Krishna, Dialogue 6:4 (Translation by Swami Ambikananda Saraswati)

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Only the inner light which God himself kindles in us has the power to give us a right knowledge of God.

Gottfried W. Leibniz, On the True Theologia Mystica

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'What do good people do when those around them fail to inspire?' - 'They go drug-seeking.' 'What do bad people do when those around them fail to inspire?' - 'They try to fuck good people over.'

Dustyn Hessie