saoutchik

Finally finished The Once and Future King. I must say when I was a teenager I was a huge Stephen King fan. I know genre fiction is not highly regarded, and in many cases that is justified but I still think SK can do the most informative characterisations in the fewest words

I used to read a lot about Africa too, dreamed I would make my fortune there Lol! If you are fortunate enough to have a fortune Africa is the place to lose it

Gilmer

I was thoroughly mesmerized by The Once and Future King when I read it.

I still think of The Sword in the Stone rather often: I remember that when Wart was standing in front of the Sword, voices of the animals who had taught him in his childhood were reminding him to use the strengths they gave him.

It's a nice lesson for growing in maturity: draw from the lessons you've learned from your past, and you will discover that they've actually given you great strength.

GroundhogDay

I try to be mindful of the things I read, the shows I watch, the music i listen to. Too much negative input puts me in a bad mood. In particular, I avoid all but the science and business-related news. I listen to classical music during my morning commute. That way, I arrive at work calm and ready to deal with whatever is thrown my way.

lunar

This morning, I awoke from a sound
sleep with a fantastic new idea...

Today shall be the day, that I'll
change my phone's ringtone
to that of a rooster's crow.

Perhaps I've gone mad.

GroundhogDay

Go for it. Should be fun for a while, lunar.

venuscat

I was going through photos from years ago when I was in Paris, and of course I thought of you when I saw this J.
It's a bit small....hope you can see it.

PhoenixJ

Hi peoples, was window shopping and thought I would drop in. Life changes- yep. So many of them all at once. Any one is often deemed a stressful life changing event that needs extra effort to deal with. Stuff like death, NDE, pain, depression, alcoholism- obviously, divorce, severe physical trauma and body image disfigurement, PTSD and so on. I have found, just given my history since each and all effects my every moment- waking and in nightmares. So I let all the bad stuff wash over me. I actually imagine myself as a rock being washed over by the ocean. Once the water recedes- I am still there. Of course I imagine myself to be a great big tough rock. Balance, HALTS, meetings, art, SR -anything and everything. Some days are very spiritual while others are so very hards in facing. I always do. Not all crap- but certainly life changing.

Soberpotamus

Welcome to the thread, PhoenixJ

Soberpotamus

Lunar, it's a great idea. Haha.

That really would be fun to wake to, I think. For a little while anyway.

Roosters are as funny-looking as hippos.

Soberpotamus

Suze, it is a car manufacturer? I Googled. That is really cool. I must go to Paris someday. Let's go to Paris on your next trip.

venuscat

Yes it is.
And we should go together.
That would be amazing.
Love and goodnight. ♡

Soberpotamus

G'night, S. Sleep tight. Hope you get more than four hours tonight.

Soberpotamus

I'm not much of a fantasy or horror or scifi reader, but I have read a few from each genre. My favorite of these would probably be scifi.

Although, a few of SK's are so psychological that I found them to be fairly interesting.

I have never read The Hobbit and I have not read a single Harry Potter.

I do like the use of surrealism and, at times, magical realism in books the way Haruki Murakami and Jose Saramago (sparingly) use it.

Soberpotamus

I'm about halfway through Laing's The Divided Self. He's somewhat repetitious, other than that, I find it very interesting, and especially humane and compassionate toward human pathology. It's about the schizoid personality understood through the lens of Existentialism.

Soberpotamus

PhoenixJ, the rock image with the ocean waves washing over it is very grounding. That's a good one to hang onto.

Are you suffering with PTSD?

Soberpotamus

In a foul mood after the orthodontist today. No reason, really. Nice people, somewhat pleasant experience and all. Just a hassle. They put a power chain on, and I have a more intense way of wearing the stupid rubber bands. I go back on Nov 23rd. They keep saying: We're near the end. We're near the end.

I'll believe it when it happens.

Gilmer

Surely Nov. 23 will be your lucky day! It's the day of my birth!

Soberpotamus

PhoenixJ

SoberP- Laing sounds interesting. Does your comment about a schizoid state in a place of reality suggest paradox ? Hope you and your teeth havea good whatever time of the evening it is way down South. PJ

Soberpotamus

Which comment, PhoenixJ? You mean on the thread about denial? I think I said something there about honesty and how a person having a break with reality might be 'honest' with himself and act on delusions honestly that wouldnt be congruent with what we by concensus or agreement call reality. That might be seen as paradoxical maybe.