The eyes of the young
Forever fear the faces of the old
The eyes of the old fear...
Incarceration
The mind is a prison,
Where you play both the guards and the inmates.
Cages
Voices in the dark.
Broken words.
The Signature of torment.
Referendum?
It has been a while since my last post, maybe my creative imagination has abandoned me, who knows?
Just thought I’d put up a link to a fantastic piece by Alan Bissett about who you’re voting for in the 2014 Scottish Referendum.
And for those who didn’t get it – he was being ironic with a capital I.
Soar Alba.
Cup Final
Just how many of these biscuits
Can I dunk in my tea
Until the packet is empty.
Just how much of this tea
Can stand against the invasion?
Before it is consumed
By the forces of Mcvitties?
Measure your cup.
It is very uncommon for me to say that I have learned anything of value from drinking alcohol. Usually I fuck up in some way, or get to drunk and act the prat but very occasionally, in the stumbling fumbling rants that only a drunkard can muster, there is a spark of clarity and genius.
One of these moments is when I finally came to understand the phrase ‘ Is your cup half-full or half-empty?’. This phrase is usually used to judge the nature of a person – half-full being optimistic and half-empty being pessimistic.
During one drunken evening ( the details of which escape me), I attacked this phrase and the meaning behind it with alcohol infused wisdom.
I came to the conclusion that you always will have a half-full cup.
The alternative is impossible.
The Half-Full – If you have a cup that is only filled halfway then it is half-full. If you have a cup that was full and has then had half of its contents emptied then it is half of the fullness of the cup and so again is half-full.
The Half-Empty – If you have a cup that is filled half-way then it is half-full. You cannot refer to it as being half-empty as you have emptied nothing out of the cup. If you have a full cup and then empty half of its contents you still have a cup that is half-full because it is literally half of the fullness of the volume of the cup. If you had a half-empty cup it would be halve of empty.
You cannot halve EMPTY unless you want to spiral into quasi-physics and negatives.
So no matter your nature your cup is always half-full.
What does that say about your personality and your optimism and pessimism? Well….nothing. It doesn’t say a damned thing unless you want it to. You can come away with the view that since you cannot have anything half-empty then we are all secretly optimistic and those who claim the opposite are just kidding themselves.
This is of course quite an optimistic take on my drunken findings. You may well say my logic doesn’t address the real answer behind the phrase and the reasoning for pessimism being attributed to half-empty and you may well be right.
But I still have a half-full cup and, by admitting that, I ain’t trying to alter the physics of the Universe and probably end up breaking it.
Asia Rock the Sun
The Alarm rings angrily to announce another day,
You’re dragged kicking and screaming from a peaceful slumber.
The world awakes once again and you dread the day to come.
As you pry open your eyes a change is seen,
Bright light attempting to burst through shielded windows.
The sun is up and bright and warm.
The dull grey clouds have retreated for the moment.
The sky can breathe.
Grass left long to grow wild is trimmed,
The scent evoking memories of the endless summer days of childhood.
Shorts, shades and smiles.
The sun stands defiant above the world.
Today is going to be a good day.
