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Poetry/Prose - Paralysis: Mannequin on Fashion Ave.

 Inspired by a condominium of thoughts, and stylistically influenced by my interpretation of Regina Spektor's "Eet" They call it an outer body experience. And they're right, that's exactly what it is. It's like floating out in the universe, and watching the earth chug along on its axis. Like planning a speech to the very last detail, only to be tongue-tied when the grand moment arrives. Kin to doing the very thing you said you would never, ever, for the life of you do, and being achingly conscious as you're doing it. It's like being a mannequin on Fashion Ave. in NYC, oohed and aahed at, but never quite understood. -- They call it an outer body experience, but they forget the inner-body element. The fact that each is a universe onto themselves, and that's what makes living so  annoyingly complex. Eerily similar to that Grey's episode where a woman awoke during surgery and stared  down at her entrails. Unable to move, unable to scream, unab...

The Element of Freedom: Fast Track to Natural

Alicia Keys: "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tightly closed in a bud, was more painful than the risk it took to bloom." Original quote by Anais Nin (BTW, she has the most amazing quotes ! ): "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." -- I get bored really easily. And not just that, boredom is painful for me, as it usually results in migraines (weird init?). So I like to keep busy and I'm usually on the lookout for new experiences. When I did the post on my new year resolutions ,  I noted that I would "experiment" and "continue this love thing". Deciding to go natural falls under those categories, and coincidentally, under "let my hair down" as well, in a literal sense. Alors, if you want a short version of why I decided to go natural, it's because it's a new year, I'm trying new(or rather old?) things, and I'm taking an extra s...