Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Business and equality make sense

Decided to make a commercially focused blog, in order to find a way to generate income from the web, when have been on the web for over two decades with what realized were more community focused things.

Here is to be commercial focus and to make certain I didn't forget, put it in the name.

Yet also found myself focused on equality with some key posts, and realized: it made sense.

As was pondering how might do business, who might do business with, and how would I have people comfortable coming here for business things.

Think here was my first main thing on subject:

With real equality boundaries will be respected

Where since have done more. And readily admit am giddy about the primary idea that each of us has a right to a safe personal space. Is so stunning to be in a time where that is having such impact on our world. Is so simple a concept, isn't it? But is a profound one which to me is so great to have increasingly dominate.

Admitted was sexually abused myself as a child, by teenage girls babysitting, and may seem like an odd thing to bring up in what is supposed to be a commercial area. But safe personal space can seem so obvious unless people realize how routinely it has not been for too many.

Past things deemed acceptable in a different world where some could put themselves above others, are no longer. And interaction between equals as adults simply makes sense, and makes business sense as well.

So here's to continued promotion of treating each other--like equals, as really we are in the most important ways. We're all human beings. We get here, get to do a few things, and am in that place now, so not going to end it there.

Am so much more interested now in how things continue.


James

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Explaining my short, short story: The Balance

On Saturday is a creative day and am glad gave myself yet another primarily free day. As can spontaneously talk things, as long as are creative. And found myself with an urge to discuss a short, short story, talked in a post March 2018, where also gave a link to a public doc.

Debate with myself whether or not a writer should explain a fictional work, but will admit in my opinion it is just one interpretation. Is a great thing about fiction that it is owned by those who enjoy it. And the writer to me is more of a vector. Or also really like to think of a writer, at best especially with fiction, is as a portal.

So the short, short story starts with the angel Aphrael getting a seemingly apocalyptic message. The angel then travels and we become aware is probably on Earth. Aphrael sees wind which repeats a key phrase. And yeah, of course an angel could see wind. And Aphrael hears a heart beating, which a human named Jason somehow hears as well. But he is immediately clueless and checks his watch.

And Aphrael is riding along in Jason's consciousness, and at one point even becomes curious about prostitutes, which is not explained. And is not that Aphrael would like to have Jason have sex, but is contemplating the activity in which those souls within the prostitutes are engaged. Aphrael of course is completely aware of those souls.

They get to a gate where the code is: "123"

Turns out (123/3) = 41 and 41 is the 13th prime. So yeah there is kind of a blatant tossing in of 13 there. Well I thought was blatant.

When they get to the door and Jason's girlfriend opens it, Aphrael finally takes full possession over his body, and delivers the seemingly apocalyptic message. The girlfriend who is not named--which is deliberate--is clearly then possessed as well, and something answers.

So yeah, Aphrael is talking to some unnamed being from Hell. And the idea is that they cannot just hang out, but can conversate through possessed humans. Then Aphrael shows off a bit as he races through time, considering from the beginning until the end. And brags about his own immortality, and the short, short story is over.

To my mind the name Jason has to do with Jason and the Argonauts, and is only other name given besides Aphrael's. And the Powers? Have puzzled on that one and bounced around as to my opinion, so will just leave open here.


James Harris