Monday, February 28, 2011

Escape Into Chris - Entry 2

Understand Still by Nick Lepard


February 2007 – Normal, IL

“…What I’m a finding overall is that this image I have of myself in my mind should not be taken so seriously. Who I think I am is an illusion. Yes, I’ve devoted myself to writing but there is nothing remarkable, nothing truly genius about my writing now. The only thing that separates me from the average person when it comes to writing is my obsession with it. I am always focused on what I have to do to improve my writing. It doesn’t matter what I write and perhaps it never will matter what I write. It is the journey I crave, I crave a place to go inside myself and not the neurotic hall of mirrors I’m usually in, but the mysteries of the unconscious. I am an explorer – some travel to different places, I travel inward to different places. I am not content staying in this mental dimension. I wish to travel, to see other domains, to experience other realities. Perhaps that is why I am so attracted to cultivation. By cultivating myself I become something greater, something more than what I had seen.”

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2 comments:

tashabud said...

Chris does live on amongst us through his writings. Thanks for sharing his unpublished thoughts and writings. At least, I think this is unpublished. It is at least one that I haven't yet read.

tasha

VinaMist said...

Hi Tasha,

Thank you for your support in reading Chris's blog. These are indeed Chris's unread and unpublished works. He told us to publish them in the event of his passing. There are many more entries to come.

Thank you :)

Teia