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500 WORDS, DAY 135: Positivity & Compassion

Strive at all times to become a completely positive person. Life is unpredictable so, as far as I’m concerned, we can never really outsmart it. We can’t hope for an easy life, because we could get it, but we could also get the total opposite. The only way we can be sure that we have … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 135: Positivity & Compassion →

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500 WORDS, DAY 127: Choose Your Thoughts

Stay vigilant, and be aware of complications that could arise, but don’t dwell on possible disaster. Life is full of danger, but it is also full of beauty and amazing experiences. So much of our lives, and whether we feel comfortable and happy with them, comes down to how we perceive life, with how we … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 127: Choose Your Thoughts →

500 WORDS, DAY 90: Understanding and Kindness

Since nothing better comes to mind for today’s post, I feel like just spreading some positive energy is the best thing I can do. The world is too cruel, and life is too complicated, and we are all going through different issues. I don’t know what you’re going through at this moment, and I don’t … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 90: Understanding and Kindness →

500 WORDS, DAY 25: Old-School vs. New-School Hip-Hop

So, with yesterday’s post I started exploring the comparison between old-school and new-school hip-hop. I concluded that, even though both are guilty of including negative content in their lyrics and being careless with their words, at least the earlier generations of rappers cared about the craft and were dedicated to making the music dope. The … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 25: Old-School vs. New-School Hip-Hop →

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 22: Where My Current Writing Experiment Has Brought Me

Yesterday I started a recap of where my current daily writing experiment has brought me so far. I didn’t get to finish it, so today is a continuation of my attempt at a recap. As I mentioned, I started Day 1 by questioning the legitimacy of stream-of-consciousness writing, wondering whether writing for the sake of … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 22: Where My Current Writing Experiment Has Brought Me →

500 WORDS, DAY 19: Growing Out of Old Interests

Today’s post is a direct continuation of what I posted yesterday. I’ve been writing about music and creativity in general, and hip-hop more specifically, both its positive and negative aspects. Yesterday’s post was about whether, now that I try to live my life in a more deliberate way, I should stop listening to ‘negative’ music … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 19: Growing Out of Old Interests →

500 WORDS, DAY 18: Hypocrisy and Attachment to Past Identities

Yesterday I was criticizing the majority of mainstream hip-hop artists, especially the newer ones, for pushing dangerous, detrimental messages in their music, and for putting the minimum effort into perfecting their craft or trying to create anything innovative or original. Today, before we move forward with that idea, there’s something I just have to state … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 18: Hypocrisy and Attachment to Past Identities →