The scourge and promise of creativity is the eternal gaze into the authentic self.

Subtle Speech

Today seemed ordinary but there was something compelling about the unintended subtleties of speech. Generally speech is the medium where a person can express their motives and beliefs. It is through this basis of communication that one can truly perceive the substance of character. Some people fail to take notice of splendor of each moment, ignoring the observable fact that each word is the product of conscious effort. Indeed, they are the blissfully ignorant few who prefer the essence of existence to be a distant thought rather than something that they themselves are responsible for. Thriving in their state of self detachment, they never secure knowledge beyond what is formed by the random spur of unintentional events. Yet in spite of the self neglect endured by a masochistic predisposition, self identity preserves itself through the sincerity of speech. This struggle for self identity is not merely in what is said using speech but what is the conscious character that is forming the words. For example, the helplessness of a child using speech to assert their independence, the curiosity of the philosopher who asks a compelling question, or the malicious comments from a manager who lacks self respect by belittling an employee. It is not merely speech itself that is significant but the reasons that we need to communicate. The motives behind speech are projections into the mirror of the conscious domain, the reflection of self.

Work is an arduous task that I must make haste to never complete.