The Northern 📍

  Letters Forming Words.      Some days, I do not feel like writing. Some days, I simply wish to close my eyes and play dead. However, discipline is a practice- one I continue to sharpen, day-in & day-out.      Repetition is necessary in order to grow. Ask any body builder in the gym how they got such big biceps, and they’ll tell you the exact same thing. They may even dive into dieting and macros and semen retention- but that’s a whole different story, I suppose.      Overall, improvement is only possible when we practice. Practicing, over and over, until we get the desired results. Some days, we do not feel like practicing. In my experience- those are the days when our practice counts the most.        One of the greatest lines I have ever heard is from the movie Dune. Actually, I suppose I should say the book- credit to Frank Herbert where it’s due. Regardless, the greatest line comes from the scene where Paul A...

Chaos.      Art does not become born, under perfect conditions. Sailors do not become seamen, sitting in a harbour. The necessity of absolute madness, surrounded by the very uncertainty of death, is required to birth something which has not yet been seen. The secret recipe, towards creation and all which it holds within.      These are the ingredients we must learn to embrace within our lives. These are the forces which we must learn to conquer. The very powers which seek to destroy us, must be turned within. The very energy which was meant to kill us, must be harnessed and released back again The never-ending cycle of coming and going, highs and lows. The waves within the tide, as the water rises, before returning to its new norm. The back-and-forth flow of the Universe, pulling and pushing us apart until there is no more.      Life is a strange journey. No matter what route we take, we all end up the same. Death waits for no man, and with i...