Upon Seeing "August Rush."

When the creative passion manifests itself within a human child in so great a magnitude that the child is compelled to create, and when that compulsion is made known through the power of creative genius, we call it beautiful, touching, profound.

I am pained, in agony. For what is crueler than to encase that immense passion within the flesh and psyche of a man and provide him with no prodigy-like form through which to have expression?

I am an artist without a canvas, a singer with no voice and a master with no craft. I meander about the art of creating and dabble in the alchemy of beauty, yet my very soul aches still with a song to be sung that cannot find a note of harmony in this un-tuned voice.

In anger and tears I cry, "There is something that big in me and I have no craft to get it out!" How cruel.

Quoting

Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. - Anonymous

Fresh from Reality

I just found this via a contact at work. Strengthsfinder.com is a test that rates your natural tendencies from a list of 34 talents/skill sets. You can purchase the book and it includes an online code to access the test and get your results. The concept is based on the belief that we will reach success by knowing and capitalizing on our strengths rather than trying to become good at something at which we are innately inept.

The test gives you a list of your top five strengths and a report detailing the strength and offering suggested actions to move into that strength.

My top five are:

Empathy - People who are especially talented in the Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other people by imagining themselves in others' lives or others' situations.

Competition - People who are especially talented in the Competition theme measure their progress against the performance of others. They strive to win first place and revel in contests.

Futuristic - People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.

Communication - People who are especially talented in the Communication theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words. They are good conversationalists and presenters.

Ideation - People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.

The report includes several pages of definitions and action suggestions. I’m off to discover more about me… It is all about me, after all.

Half Way

And now I'm half way home
Half way to being alone
Half way insane
And half way away from you.

The thought of moving own
Chills my spirit, aches my bones
I how can I live without you
How can we live as one?

Still here I am
Half way home
Half way to being alone
Half way away from you.

There's a half moon in the sky
Half light to drive me
Half dark to hide me
Too bright to find shelter, too dark to see my way.

I'm stopped here
Half way home
Half way to being alone
Half way away from you.

Half full or half empty
The thought does not matter
For I'm too thirsty for half of anything
Too parched for half measures.

Along this road
I'm half way home
Half way to being alone
Half way away from you.

I have less than half of this life to go
A half life gone that seems too long
Half life left seems too much
So, I go

The half way back to you
Turning round to you
Half way back is better
Than all the way home.
Half way to you
Half way alone
Half way, moving all the way
Away to you.

-Theo