Essay 2

April, 26, 2021

Ryan

Essay #2

Books read this year: 27, big magic, spirit guide, 451, The island stallions fury, The haunting of hill house, The Iliad, Think and grow rich, The subtle art

Authors: Howard Sounes, Elizabeth Gilbert, me, Ray Bradbury, Walter Farley, Shirley Jackson, Homer, Napoleon Hill, Mark Manson

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Lets start with electric guitars.

27:

People who died at this young age- Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Curt Cobain, Amy Whinehouse, Brian Jones,

They all died and are here no longer. They were great musicians. They lived a short untimely life full of the things that would bring one down such as substance abuse, over abundant sex, some suicidal, some very poetic and profound in their muse and others hard working. Some connection with each other in various ways. Some connection to north Africa where Plato was said to spend 17 years and drugs were easily found there.

Brain Jones

" There was a splash and Eeyore disappeared".

1. The estate of winy the poo writer

2. model wife's and abuse

3. Drugs plenty

4. Lawsuits

5. Moracco/Jimmy/NY/London

Creative magic:

Its important here to have a creative inspiration and imagination that has interplay in the universe. Fear should not be what drives you, neither should torment or being a Martyr for creative endeavors. Sometimes you have to eat a shit sandwich. An ideal you should harness is alike to bugs bunny and having that trickster energy manifest in the universe. She mentions keep your day job. Another poignet point within the writing is the fact that she uses Marcus Aurelius as a tether to channel some creative thoughts and insights.

451:

This is a science fiction that is a profound statement into the life of someone growing up in the 1950's and seeing the world for what it is. I believe the connotation for the three walled television unit Montage's wife uses with her parlor family is related to modern technologies and social media in general. But its this attention narcissism value and new information that parlays itself between the allegorical burning of books as the kerosene wielding firefighter. As if to say, no, books are very important, the constant new information you make in a fiction on a wall on Facebook is the thing that needs burning. I also believe the desensitization of peoples in this fable along with their habit of driving cars really fast is similar to peoples attitudes about sensitive topics or their attention in general. Borderline genius who's bored of his lines, Montage has at his disposal a few books which really peak his interest and made him question the very fabric of truth and reality of the world he lives in. He is Subjugated to the endeavor of burning knowledge.

A powerless society is an untold landscape of misfortune. The application of that misfortune is in itself a horrible show of apathy towards people’s attentions. In this world they will burn book owners at the stake as if they wield some otherworldly supernatural, esoteric, unnatural, and shunned sense of self. It is a witch hunt for the smartest people who entertain the idea that the fabric of their society is reliant on a much more viable and cohesive unit of the sacred truth that is found in literature. To quote Cicero "If a man has books and a garden he needs little else." I want to eat from the rivers of life Montage mentions, looking down the road to a bombarded city landscape. As his sages impart their own share of knowledge toward him. And he them.

The mechanical hound is a new beat in the story that makes for a compelling insight into technologies the future will hold for ray as he seems to hint at the fears of a malevolence that compelled Montage to jump into a river soaked in whiskey. Although the mainstream focuses on a man being apprehended in a blockbuster fashion, the man himself is down the stream sitting next to a bond fire, watching the spectacle unfold, relieved he escaped the jaws of the hound.

To quote Bukowski this time "Love is a dog from hell."

The love beat in this story unfolds between Montage and a quirky seventeen year old girl he meets who to him seems odd. Yet, inescapably real is the path her quirks set him on. Also is the disjunctive relationship between him and his parkour wife who he barley seems to recognize. A thing we see unfold when they cant figure out when it was they first met each other.

A symptom of the degenerative faculty of the society ray lays out is its need for destruction. Its within the confines of ones home that the destruction is truly completed. Its the utter Pacification of a humans spiritual self. Its either the shattering of the ego or the making it into a parasitic appendage held together with Elmer glue. As if to passify ones time sniffing this glue is the only logical conclusion one may formulate to grip a reality suitable for him. The dialog of reciprocity is lacking and its like fair weather fans meeting at the Superbowl or the latest sports event every waking second as the tv just screams into their seashell headphones. When at any moment one can at their leisure hop in their car and just beat the hell out of it.

The metaphorical end to this chaos is the death of Beatty the fire man. As the war rages on, the implicit truth of Montages heroism takes its grip in an eternal struggle that plays out over the tone of a low flying helicopter and a drug sniffing dog. Its more profound how the conclusion of it culminates with the destruction of the entire city. As if to say, you win montage, the war is over.

Island Stallions Fury:

Tom is the suitable image of malevolence able to Wreak havoc on an entire ecosystem of what seems like a fairly peaceful and undiscovered situation. He is willing to go out of his way and even risk death to battle it our with flame in an attempt to bend him to his will. This story shows the relevance how important it is for one to have a balanced exertion of willpower instead of trying to control or manipulate. As falling from a cliff seems like a steep price.