The Innocence of the Sea

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

"Do you know why we have a parliament? To create the illusion of power in the peoples' hands. As long as they think they have a voice, they are content. They can talk and talk, and be content that they can talk, and complain when they are ignored. And as long as we keep them oblivious to the fact that, really, they aren't even heard, their muted rambling will govern their attention, and we are free to continue doing as we please. "

The Innocence of the Sea

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Convince vs. Tempt

To use the term “convince” versus the term “tempt” in writing is all about perspective; the use of these terms in context truly reflects the writer’s personal opinion on their characters or ideals, and what light they hope to shed on them. The connotation of “temptation” is, of course, more explicit than the former, suggesting a darker, more evil force drawing their opponent of opposite values towards their own. “Convince” on the other hand, is subtle. Of course, the context is important, but most often, it has a more gentle connotation, implying a suggestive force, rather than the aggressively sly grip of “temptation”. The struggle between the words is almost “spiritual” versus “logical”. Convincing and persuading usually require evidence or proof to sway the opponent, whereas temptation is like a helpless surrender to an inescapable ghost. These ghosts are what we want. Logical evidence is what we need. In other words, truth. 

The discrepancy between these two opposing words is easily overlooked in writing. Despite the negative connotation, sometimes it is the good side doing the “tempting”, and the bad guys doing the “convincing”...

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

Do you ever feel like you’ve lied to yourself, and the collateral has been the distortion of your self-perception; your current state, your life, your emotions,your skills, your interests... as if nothing you know can be trusted, and everything about yourself must now be questioned, as if you are a foreign pathogen in your own body...

Is the collateral a distortion...or a glimpse of clarity?

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Scottish Loch by Moonlight (19th Century) - Circle of Sebastian Pether

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

The music just stopped, yet the crowd sings blindly on, as if their voices alone can substitute the masterpieces of multimillion dollar art. The singing evolves into the inevitable voice of a clumsy mob. They think they can fill in the blanks. Their noise only serves to fill the silence, while the blanks remain empty, void of meaning and purpose. And thus, the drunken state of humanity fails yet again.

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

Apath

Keep your future at arm’s length

Leave your past beyond your reach

Only hold the present close

For the present is what it is.

Not what you want it to be

Not what you wish it was

It simply is what it is.

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

Death is a luxury I cannot afford...

Innocence of the Sea

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

The bastard couldn't take a compliment. "Fuck you." "Piss off." "Right I will." And I was off, yet again.

When the Wind Went to Court

[just-wanna-travel]

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

Inspiration: Berclave, Racing the Sun

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A shell of stone, an empty heart...

[psych-facts]

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via psych-facts)

[fyp-philosophy]

The more intelligent, the less sane.

George Orwell (via mofobian)

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

He finally pushed himself up and watched a physician tie the thrashing man down to his stretcher. “A philosopher once said ‘death is just the absence of life’,” the physician said, stuffing a rag down the man’s throat. “Rumors had it he later died in an avalanche.” “Did he?” Edgar asked, hoping his interest would be enough to thank the physician. “No,” he replied without a second glance at the shaking man. “He was stoned to death for blasphemy.”

Racing the Sun

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Stilleven met schedel en boek (Mid-19th century / Pencil) - Jan Mankes

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Wilde Schlittenfahrt, Wladyslaw Chmielinski  

Inspiration: Byeltskurt, Racing the Sun

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Charge of the Mameluks, Felician Myrbach

Inspiration: Kharrazi Cavalry, Racing the Sun

[realisticfantasy-blog1]

"This city is a dark place. I've seen things otherwise safely hidden away from the echelons’ eyes. There is fear trickling up the foundations, and soon it will touch the pillars"

Racing the Sun