David Jones's Blog, page 1421

"Like a pane of glass shattered too abruptly for even words, his home universe, Father Christmas, the..."

"Like a pane of glass shattered too abruptly for even words, his home universe, Father Christmas, the sleigh, the snow, all vanished into nothingness. He was severed from them so utterly, so completely, that they may just as well have never existed. Empty, silent fields materialized all around: boundless, covering the entire world - and he was alone."

- Christmas Crossings

Love this. Best advise ever.

Love this. Best advise ever.

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"Every child has great ambitions. As he grows, he is bombarded by negative suggestions — you..."

"Every child has great ambitions. As he grows, he is bombarded by negative suggestions — you can't do this; you can't do that; be careful; look for security, and so on. Year by year, he experiences the realities of life, and his ambitions fade away. Figuratively speaking, most children die by the time they reach their adulthood."

- Sinha Shall

Coolest picture I've seen for ages. The number of Joker...

Coolest picture I've seen for ages. The number of Joker pictures I post..I should be running a Joker themed blog.

I used my first day of the Christmas holidays to get into the...

I used my first day of the Christmas holidays to get into the Christmas "mood." Put decorations up, wrote cards, wrapped presents - the lot. If only all yesterday's snow hadn't melted, it would have been the ultimate Christmas themed day. Better..if only yesterday's snow had arrived TODAY and not trapped me in town in the freezing cold and wet.

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

- Kenny Rogers

Sonnet V

My love is the tempest that tears apart

Heaven. And scatters the parts of my soul

Into these verses of my shattered heart,

And bleak lines of days far darker than coal. 

Agony is the poem of a world

Which has fallen to nothing without you

And from its dying face my spirit hurled

To blaze and writhe in Hell without rescue. 

With no hope of existence beyond me,

I am lost apart from you, trapped in words

Which sustain life when I wish to be free

And toss this empty vessel to buzzards. 

But careful verse is...

Finished semester = I need some of this.

Finished semester = I need some of this.

Snowed here today..not even that badly, but bad enough to stop...

Snowed here today..not even that badly, but bad enough to stop most of the busses in town, and bad enough for it to take me 40 minutes to make what is usually a 10 minute journey. Also, I have never been more cold.