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In the depths of the subconscious sea, where neurons grow like trees and coral reefs blossom with ideas, wooden creatures gather to witness the strange, pulsing heart of imagination. Here, the mind is a living ecosystem, where dreams and thoughts drift like jellyfish, and reality dances on the edge of fantasy. The surreal meets the serene, and life—both organic and mechanical—finds a way to coexist in this hidden world beneath the waves.

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The Old Collage Try

There’s something about assembling fragments of one reality to create another—a visual language that speaks louder than words, yet leaves space for the quiet things unsaid.

This piece—equal parts nostalgia and rebellion—captures a moment in time where the old meets the new, where serenity clashes with chaos, and where even the simplest gestures (like a cigarette’s ember) can ignite something unexpected. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t always shout; sometimes it smolders, leaving a trail of smoke that lingers long after the initial spark.

I think about all the times I hesitated to share a piece of myself, worried it wouldn’t quite catch fire. But maybe that’s the point of a collage—of life, even. It’s about trying, layering, and piecing together all the different bits until they make something wholly, unmistakably you.

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In 4 minutes, Kurt Vonnegut explained stories better than anyone I’ve ever heard. “The shape of the curve is what matters. Not their origins.”

He plots stories on 2 axes: X: Time, Y: Good fortune / ill fortune. He goes on to say, “Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.”

Point 1: Stories have defined patterns.

In Joseph Campbell’s Hero of a Thousand Faces, he makes the case for the Hero’s Journey. Since then, it’s become the most famous storytelling structure in the world. Vonnegut argued stories could be divided into 8 shapes.

Each story, he said, fit one of the 8.

Point 2: Vonnegut says, “Be a sadist.”

No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — so the reader may see what they're made of.” To see who your characters really are, you have to make them suffer. Only then does your audience have someone worth cheering for.

Point 3: End on a high note.

Vonnegut says, “It’s not accidental that the line ends up higher than where it began. This is encouraging to readers.” The way a story makes people feel when they finish is how they remember it. It’s called recency bias. Lift people up and they will love you.

“There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth.” —Kurt Vonnegut

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