Today’s post is a continuation of what I was writing yesterday, after having completed a recap of my first 20-something days of daily posting. If it’s your first time reading a post of mine and don’t want to read the recent recap, just know I’ve been writing about music, more specifically hip-hop, and about its … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 24: Why Is Hip-Hop Dying?
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500 WORDS, DAY 23: We Think of Ourselves as Above Being Influenced
So, now that I got that recap out of the way, I’m ready to continue with the topic I left off on. Hip-hop is the music I mainly chose to create, because it was the first genre to inspire me with its potential to be a powerful tool for change, and because it was a … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 23: We Think of Ourselves as Above Being Influenced
500 WORDS, DAY 20: Negative and Positive Music?
Today's post is a direct continuation of yesterday's, so if you want to follow my train of thought from there, you can check out my Day 20 post to know exactly what I've been going on about up till now. So, what exactly is this negative music I speak of, this negative music that I … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 20: Negative and Positive Music?
DAY 20 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
Life. I feel like whenever I sit down and start to write, whenever I want to get something important written down, not anything specific but just something important and deep, the word "life" always pops into my mind first. I guess it's because I'm always contemplating life in general, and it's cool but scary how … Continue reading DAY 20 (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
DAY 5: Eternal Words (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
Day 5 of writing a thousand words from my mind. I'm glad I'm sticking with this goal so far, it's only been five days but I'm feeling really motivated to keep this going this time. The second time I attempted to do this daily I got up to Day 81, then when I failed it … Continue reading DAY 5: Eternal Words (1000 WORDS, 3rd attempt)
In Order to Give Light, One Must First Burn.
In order to give light, one must first burn. Wise advice from Rumi, one of history's greatest Sufi mystics. Although great ideas like this are often explained with the noblest intentions, we never really know how they can be interpreted by those who try to comprehend its meaning. Many people, belonging to various religious and … Continue reading In Order to Give Light, One Must First Burn.
INTERCONNECTEDNESS & INFLUENCE.
If we begin to pay close attention to the events which take place in our daily lives, and we begin to see them not as random happenings, but as opportunities for us to learn the lessons we must learn and to practice what we have already learned, it then becomes clear to us how everything … Continue reading INTERCONNECTEDNESS & INFLUENCE.
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