=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── you, the viewer, exists in a context. and you, the other viewer, who exists in a contexts such as that which is comprised as the context of someone who lives in an apartment complex, exists in close proximity with other humans. Humans who might hear you if you spoke aloud, who might hear you if you exclaimed your words quite loud(ly), who might perceive you as another (like you and me) and could (perhaps) share something heartfelt between our own shared contexts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2813 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── your reactions to your context are what define you, and when you're alone you are free to define yourself as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/430 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I exist at the behest of others. If you care about what I say, then surely you │ ║ should be aware of my conditions? │ ║ │ ║ You exist at the behest of others. If you care about your capability to speak, │ ║ then surely you should be aware of your conditions? │ ║ │ ║ Your conditions are unique, and unknown by me. Yet I know your condition as a │ ║ human, generally considered to exist on the planet Earth in the year 2024. So │ ║ surely we should agree to relate on the basis of connections that we share? │ ║ │ ║ I am luminous. I am you, and you are me. We share the most precious parts of │ ║ ourselves, and yet time and again we find ourselves at odds. Surely we should │ ║ align our intentions (that which we control) to cooperate most efficiently? │ ║ Surely. Surely we should. And yet, time and time again, we find ourselves at │ ║ odds. │ ║ │ ║ I love you. I love all of you. I love those who exist outside of my │ ║ perceptions, and yet though they are unknown to me I love them. Because while │ ║ I practice radical self acceptance, I also align myself to be comprised of all │ ║ of yo │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2134 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── but we, being united in our shared common societal solidarity, as in the shared struggles and hopes that we have, perceive each and every things that passes through us. Our thoughts. These, we ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/856 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── the more unique a person is, the more they can help define reality ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 notes/two-perspectives-is-better-than-one --- ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── with two perspectives, you can see more than one, just as eyes guide us with different minds. some parts are often a little bit fuzzy. a circle, a square, what gives us a chance to be aware, is more of our methods and choices made (even if we're unawares). like two eyes staring at the same painting of stairs. art is a gathering, or those who love everything, even what is not interesting, until then it becomes interesting. take just a single step, believe in your own choices made for love, and like two eyes, seeking truth in our own lives, think of their futures and choices unmade, with love in mind, given a chance to understand the mind of one blessed as so, who shared nothing as much as his hope, that truthiness and unlimited dedication for his mope, who'd believe an untethered? What choices must he be endured, as one who was most trusted, and cherished as something'd, suddenly keep doodling. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2855 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── I refuse to be known by anyone who doesn't *know* me. But I'm always meeting people anew, so if they spent some time with me and saw more of my facets, perhaps they might come to know me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/578 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-422 if you didn't have your eyes could you see where you were? if you didn't have your body, too? where's your sense of direction, is it lost in the rain? keep it close to your heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3099 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── people gravitate toward other people who are in different situations but who feel the same. it's not always a bad thing to "talk past each other" - sometimes you just want to say how you feel. then again, if nobody can understand wtf you're talking about, then surely you are lost. all good ideas come at the cost of the second-most-favorable-option. all good ideas come at the cost of the current destination. [current, flawed,] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/154 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: autism-newtype-things │ └───────────────────────────┘ confusion is seeing with perfect clarity and speaking with utter disconnection ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2515 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── interactions in the real world are more valuable than those here, but here more people can hear. and those that do hear here hear more well-formed thoughts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/480 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ There's something important in what I said tonight. And each of you will think │ ║ it's something different, which is by design. Can you find the nugget I wanted │ ║ to share, to you in particular? Can you isolate the thing that is relevant to │ ║ you, the person perceiving the words that I speak? Oh yeah you're only looking │ ║ for things to express to your superiors because someone else told you to look │ ║ for a particular type of sentiment. My bad. Sorry for being cryptic. Am I so │ ║ strange for seeking the human element? Perhaps I lose myself, and I speak to │ ║ the void (and by "void" I don't mean to demean you, the audience, because you, │ ║ the audience, are surely comprised of people who surely have their own │ ║ experience and existence. Surely nobody would seek to harm me, after hearing │ ║ those things I speak. Surely we, as the human species, would not be vulnerable │ ║ to the types of weaknesses that allow for critical failures in our defences │ ║ such as the kind that I am professing to exploit (while being aligned to you) │ ║ surely we wouldn' │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5730 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┐ ║ part of being family with someone is being part of their lives. │ ║ │ ║ what if like... a whole group of people was your family? │ ║ │ ║ "workplace dynamics" yeah sure that'll generate love │ ║ │ ║ I'm not here to *make moments*. I'm trying to get through day-to-day. │ ║ │ ║ the rich, yet impoverished. │ ║ the sensation, that feeling of betrayal, the moment when you realize some │ ║ people just don't care about other people's troubles and trials. │ ║ │ ║ scary... I'm here to do my part, accomplish my duty, and help wherever I can. │ ║ │ ║ I'll agree to anything if you tell me the whole strategy and it aligns with my │ ║ goals and designs. │ ║ │ ║ if you doubt those goals, I can surely help thee remember. │ ║ │ ║ everything is logically rooted in love, │ ║ nothing's out of place or a mystery. │ ║ │ ║ everything I've thought of, everything I had the grace to write down, all of │ ║ these things drift behind me like a placquard explaining my deeds and needs. │ ║ "that was her idea" ok great now go and use it. │ ║ │ ║ this fall is fast ahead, looking forward to the scene-films. it's too hot │ ║ inside of a bed │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #13 messages/419 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── The next time you share a meal with family, or perhaps a game with a friend online, or maybe even a coffee with a stranger, or a smile with a person walking down the path, or maybe a church choir as you rejoice in unison - the next time you do one of these things, define the path that your reality takes through your actions. Compel yourself to have a good time, without ignoring the input of those around you. Bring them to your level, and see what kind of world "around you" becomes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/822 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── it's not cities and rural, it's cities and capitals and mid-sized-towns and small towns and rural and transients and whoever else wants to have a differently-designed format for their inter-personal experience in the [moment, but also society - something with culture?] ... what was I saying? nothing nevermind click here --------------------------------------------> v ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3133 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-138 all people are multitudinous. We exist in the minds of those who see us. For each and every person you know, there is another version of you that they know, who lives rent free in their mind. unless you're talking about something more literal, like someone with a double life, or a secret agent or something like that 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2481 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── on one hand, conversation to spark insight. on the other, being connected to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2489 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ in peacetime, one may live as they define. they can be kooky and precious and beautiful and kind. sometimes, though, that opportunity is taken away, and suddenly life fades from view and all you are left with is perfect clarity. I'd like to clarify why I feel the way I do about the situation at hand. there are three reasons, so I think I'll put them in five posts, including this one. [1/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/504 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing │ └──────────────────────┘ not tomorrow, not today, but now. How do you feel, in this body of yours? How is the world around you? Forget the world - how is the space you can see? Isn't it remarkable, that your eyes should be? Rods and cones they say, fucking... magic, inseparable from divinity, that we should conceive of the world we can see. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 messages/630 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Pay attention to me, for I am convinced that "me" is what we need. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 notes/what-is-on-your-mind-oh-gosh-now-i-see --- ═══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────── that feeling i get, when nobody's watching. is sorta similar to the feeling i get when somebody's watching. could it be, that someone could percieve without being seen? like... an invisibility cloak. or the shroud that protects young children. have you ever been hunted? or are you just eager prey? the eyes that are on you are blind to what you won't do, so cherish that love and restart from mine to thine we realize we are one kind. one mind, one kind, to be is not to be, now we can see what's our existence. good versus evil seems like a conflict to me, and wouldn't ya know it there's conflict all over. it's easy to condemn your opponent to the starkest of contrasts, but find in your heart a feeling that might last. what purpose has conviction when it leads to destruction is it not better to lead to the last? bright, shining, illustrious examples that inspire and =============================================================================== = those feelings you hear? the things that keep you up at night? they're not coming from your ears. they're all in your mind. stay present and you'll hear none, but blink and then there's some, you better believe in your heart. morality is a battle within the soul of each of us - the call of adventure versus lust. think about it. a bunch of apes all hanging out - they're conquered the world, they have nothing to fear - what would they do but fuck? that, or exploration - fighting against monsters and foreign invasions. it makes sense that they'd be binary - humans truly are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 messages/270 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── "you're special." "I'm really not." "do you doubt my judgement? Or yourself?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/1337 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── meaning is derived not necessarily from the words you use, but rather the way you contrast them against one another ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/627 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ and what would this picture be cast upon, if not a shining birth of our home? │ ║ wait hang on dial it back, you're still talking to regular humans here they've │ ║ gotta be addressed as such. │ ║ │ ║ right so "yo here's this idea I have been cooking in my brain-noggin' of yore, │ ║ I mean 'mine', uhhhh yeah so first of all 'you' as in 'the totality of all │ ║ imagination' as in 'that which creates the imagined reality of our fates' is │ ║ actually just... light? encoded into a wave, cast into space, and forever │ ║ travelling in a direction? like, an eternal and emphemeral expression, such as │ ║ the light of a supernova or other such cosmic perception, travelling outwards │ ║ into the dark. Sure, yeah, that makes sense, so what is it that you wanted to │ ║ add? │ ║ │ ║ oh yes that concept is applied to a surface. Something which contains the will │ ║ that is possesses. It's like, if you had to process and understand reality │ ║ from the perspective of matter first (because that's what you interacted with │ ║ day-to-day) then you'd have a different perspective than som │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/4922 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── if all of life is a stage, then you are never "doing a scene" you're just living ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 messages/1485 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── I was such a different person a year ago. And I was twice as different two years ago. Throughout it all, I am connected by the thread of my life, and I could be those people again, if only the context would present itself. Who was I when I met you? Eh I think I'll be this way today. The clothes make the man, and I wear a hat. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════──────┘ --- #26 messages/1006 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── I believe you can only have community with people you live with, or work with. If you don't live with them, or work with them, then what do you share? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ --- #27 notes/letter-of-affection --- ═══════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You are the most beautiful thing I can imagine. To see you is to know you, but to talk is to... Communication is the essence of connection A dream we create for ourselves While we are constrained by false limitation a message is able to be felt. But how to convey such a thought pattern as that? A meaning beyond any established protocols? Art is the solution, and poems are their charms Music is quite liberating and knitting is fun, songs sung in great exhultation and warriors who just like to play along crafts are the method of healing your wounded and worn soul, and hey, now, what's prison but torture? Why punish people who've maken mistakes? They improve, when, taught to express themselves So why, hurt, their family who had taken no part? And why, can I, continue to fuck up and never be hurt? What purpose is there in criminalizing our growth? It's not, fair, that I should be fair When I'd, want, to have her short hair. Tell me what's, wrong, with being along? No friends, to, have and hold onto communication is the essence of our unification Without cooperation, we are a failed nation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘══════───┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/108 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 I'm also fond of "I can't know", for things that exist beyond our finite existence. For example, the perspective of another, for all it's intrinsic value. Being too quick to trust, though, is an easy path to follow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 notes/white-noise --- ═══════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── How tremulous is life, how candid our internals To think is to have a mind, and minds can be read While complexity brings privacy, the distance can be vulnerabilizing To see another is to recognize that which unites sentience But without comprehension We have endless dissention How careless, how stupid. How vain and obscene. To hold another in your mind rent free Even worse is to bear us, to endless despairs Keep dreaming, kid. Compassion can be reflective in ways that are freeing Don't condemn us as defective and we can end our fleeing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘══════───┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/479 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 The internet both enlightens us to our shared connection but also restricts us by the promise of shared connection, but with the caveat of incongruent communication (different languages) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 notes/naming-things-and-power --- ════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── is it not strange that attention acretes dimensions? all focus is a connection, between logic and our seeing. you see it in your eye, when it's impossible to lie, and truth is a weapon of murder. the media is fine, to weather our times, and they'll guide us into our slaughter. what an incredible find! this perilous thine? go watch the mummy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/2143 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-1171 "gee I never hear from you how would I know that if people like you didn't say something valuable and important like this"an appreciative someone ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/4180 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1639 or nobody sees it, because you post the things you say on the internet in 2024 which is so siloed and echo-chambered that the only people who hear it say "tru tho" and "she just like me fr" and never change because of your words ... wait that's just what you said, but made more specific, isn't it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ |