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Michael Jensen's avatar

Love all of the different things you're trying.

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Nolan Yuma's avatar

Thank you, Michael! I'm trying to "throw pasta at the wall and see what sticks" method. Nothing sticks so far, but making the pasta feels worth it.

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Alison Acheson's avatar

Nailed...

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Nolan Yuma's avatar

Thank you, Alison! That means a lot coming from you.

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Alison Acheson's avatar

I appreciate your thinking and work --

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Frank Montague's avatar

"Civilization, for all its sins, is where diversity plays."

I want to see You The Poet playing with all the words we gave you, on that beach.

WHERE is that beach exactly? I'm glad you found the ocean there, where you could hear yourself forgive all the others.

I will forgive you too, IF you charge $499/a poem...or offer me a Cameo reading of my birth chart, or anyone's really.

I just want to see your beach crowded with all the Civilization you care to invite for your next reading.

Play on. I'll hit that 'Buy Me a Coffee ' button.

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Nolan Yuma's avatar

We’ll have to check out Playa de Poo together. It’s one of my favourites in Asturias.

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Negar Kamali's avatar

Contradictions! What a topic you brought up in this post, Nolan. So far, i've been able to accept some of my internal contradictions, but not all of them (That's because i constantly blame myself for being like *****and not like ***** subconsciously for an ******* amount of time). I know doing so is unhealthy for my mental health, but i'm sure with more therapy sessions, i'll become abler to control this.

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Nolan Yuma's avatar

I feel you! When it comes to accepting contradictions, literature and Junot Diaz’s writing have helped me just as much as therapy. Think about all your favourite characters, the ones that come across as real and human. They’re all full of flaws and contradictions. Be proud you're so human :)

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Negar Kamali's avatar

Danke, Nolan. I'll check out Junot Diaz's works.

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Chen Rafaeli's avatar

Love it. I especially love how you write when one gets closer -it's harder to mock. You see, and you understand the predicament God found himself in, probably-wanting to destroy, yet always falling for yet another face

It's so strange to me to know that world is probably chock full of people who do see yet somehow stay immune to all that. Or worse.

It's hard to fathom.

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