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Anything Will Do (A Poem)

June 03, 2023 by Joe Gray in Poetry

A poem about how staying productive can be unfulfilling.

Anything will do.

Find one thing. Anything. 

That’s the thing.
That’s everything.
 

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June 03, 2023 /Joe Gray
poem, poetry, productivity, work, art, life, culture, do anything, anything will do, nothing, nothingness, pointless, purposeless, depression, dopamine, anxiety
Poetry

Death is the Second

October 01, 2020 by Joe Gray in Philosophy, Poetry, Thoughts

Before life, nothing mattered. There was no meaning. No value. No emotion. No thought. Noone to observe. No one to name things. No one to care. Just rock and water.

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October 01, 2020 /Joe Gray
abstract, blog, blogger, death, entropy, evolution, humanity, life, math, meaning, philosophy, poem, prose, purpose, science, thoughts, wisdom, writing, poetry
Philosophy, Poetry, Thoughts

Marketing...

May 29, 2020 by Joe Gray in Cultural Musings, Poetry, Thoughts, Whimsies

Look at this!

Get in on what I'm doing!

Press this button to get in. 

Go here to get in on this. 

Do this to get in on that. 

Check me out here and there and everywhere. 

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May 29, 2020 /Joe Gray
ad, advertising, blog, blogger, facebook, instagram, marketing, media, poem, poetry, social, social media, social media marketing, society, tiktok, twitter
Cultural Musings, Poetry, Thoughts, Whimsies

Undulating Quantum Probabilities

August 29, 2019 by Joe Gray in Fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts, Whimsies

Someone once told me that the world is upside down but our minds correct this and we see the world right-side up. Sky side up. This is not true. The world is right-side up and our eyeballs are curved like a crystal ball that focuses light onto the retina. The resulting image is a projection of the world-oriented upside down because of curvature. The brain does not care that the image is physically disjointed from reality because it can represent the data in almost any orientation. It just so happens that the most adaptive way to represent this data is in a way that doesn't disorient us and lead to injuries; right side up.

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August 29, 2019 /Joe Gray
blog, consciousness, development, drugs, eyes, fiction, journal, observation, perception, philosophy, poetry, possibilities, probability, psychedelics, psychology, quantum, reality, thoughts, undulating, waves
Fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts, Whimsies

Silent, Strong, Slowly Soothing Soul

October 27, 2018 by Joe Gray in Poetry

The luscious leaves of the trees,

With shades of green they breathe,

Although alone together they stand.

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October 27, 2018 /Joe Gray
author, beauty, blog, forest, nature, poem, poet, poetry, soul, tree, trees, writing
Poetry

Re-Post: Fear is like a balloon

October 04, 2018 by Joe Gray in Poetry

Fear is like a balloon.

Inflated by a mind consumed.

The skin fills until taught and thin.

Then it pops and the ghosts begin.

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October 04, 2018 /Joe Gray
balloon, fear, feel, panic, poem, poetry, psychology
Poetry

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