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The Temple of Automatic Wondering

Spiderweb phantoms of the energy lattice, tension spires where emotion opaquers draw from the void. She'd get up early and rent a hotel room where the staff would remove any paintings or pictures from the walls. She brought the Bible and a deck of cards, plus a thesaurus and a bottle of sherry - ha! you know this sounds good - she'd play solitaire if she needed to get in the mood, she'd write on yellow sheets of paper with lines on them. That's the way Maya Angelou did it. If there's an intersection between physics, philosophy and religion, then I'm going to be very pleased, incorporated, maybe even superluminal. The layered ziggurat that you climb, the humming iridescence coming from within, the high priestess is at work. Counterfactual definitions, waveform collapses, conservation of information. Can random data be generated? Derived forms, ancient watercourses, rapturous from trying too hard. So, let's kill the essence, leave ourselves hollow silhouettes, fast-moving blanks, or the ultimate satisfaction that goes so slow we won't live long enough to touch it. December 13, 2016 For Lewis Raynes' contest - 'In your head'

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Date: 12/28/2016 9:39:00 PM
Love the title and the seeming random data. I often regret that I won't live long enough to touch it all either. Happy to have discovered your pages tonight. Happy 2017. SuZ
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Doug Vinson
Date: 12/29/2016 12:05:00 PM
Hi Suzanne. : ) Just hearing that, "Happy 2017" is like something out of a dream....
Date: 12/15/2016 7:02:00 AM
Whoa, you certainly got in my head! You had me at the first line...intricate compilation.
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Date: 12/15/2016 10:39:00 PM
Thank you, Paloma. I like that word, "phantoms." I don't think of it very much, but now that I do, I bet they are there, driven before us on the wind of our thoughts.
Date: 12/13/2016 8:59:00 AM
This piece paints a ghostly yet seductive portrait of a deep seething fear that perhaps doubles as desire when the mood hits. I see red as I read this, actually a dark crimson tint to the thoughts expressed here and faux oak paneling. A very creative flow of thoughts that do seem to zigzag on a planned course that is anything but straight and narrow.
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Doug Vinson
Date: 12/13/2016 12:54:00 PM
People are so complex, Chris. One thing for sure, I fear being bored.
Date: 12/13/2016 4:14:00 AM
Can you do that unconscious writing? I would love to be able to do that! Good luck with the contest, Doug!
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Doug Vinson
Date: 12/13/2016 4:37:00 AM
"Can you do that unconscious writing?" Not that I know of, Rick. :p

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