This conversation unfolded like dusk over a forgotten field — slow, shadowed, honest. It wasn’t about answers so much as invitations. What began as a reflection on the archetype of the errant — that perpetual outlier of civilization — spiraled into deeper terrain: trauma as initiation, the manipulations of modern myth-making, and the quiet revolt of simply being. In a world bloated with noise, this was a moment of signal.
Category: Journal Entries
thoughts, ponderings, experiences and lessons learned. or, something deep and life-changing.
We live in a world woven with stories — narratives we inherit, absorb, and repeat without a second thought. But every now and then, someone stops, looks closer, and pulls at the thread. This conversation is about one of those threads — diamonds. The stories we’ve been told about them, the systems built to keep those stories intact, and the deeper machinery that perpetuates illusion in the name of power, control, and profit. Let’s drill down.
Some thoughts come not from intention, but from encounter — a phrase, a meme, a misquote that stirs something deeper. What began as a passing glance at a questionable Rumi quote led, as these things sometimes do, into a dialogue on language, distortion, mysticism, and meaning. What follows is a shared tracing of poetic lineage — not just of words, but of what endures beneath them.