Reflections of my Narcissism
In the beginning, there was an idea. Ideas have power. Power to inspire others. My writing stems from those who inspired me to create and design. Worlds, nations, society, universes, I want to build them all, with my sentences and letters.
Before I could remember my parents supplied me with Lego to play with. I build and crafted and rebuilt for hours. What always bugged me was that no matter how crazy of a design I had, I was still playing on the same carpet. My ships sailed on carpet, my cars drove across carpet, my space shuttles based off from carpet. I couldn’t escape it.
I left the Lego for a while and started exploring the world of Redwall. Those books introduced me to a completely immersive world. I WAS IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD. I sat there on that same carpet but suddenly it was a forest, it was a beach, it was a mountain, it was the ocean. The writing style of the late Brian Jacques consumed me so entirely, it overcame me, it transformed me, yea, it purified me. I took from him the concept that to sculpt and craft meant that you could make a reader forget the environment around them.
Video games were a pacifier. A soother to keep the baby quiet. Although, they helped expand my imagination it hindered it at the same time. The only game that truly inspired me to create and to build was Fire Emblem for the GBA. That world too was immersive.
Coming of age meant a higher amount of disposable income. What better was to spend money than to start a subscription to comic books. Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, The Flash, Green Lantern, all of these heroes caught my attention. I grew up with Spider-Man’s cartoons and reading the odd comic book that my brother had in his room. When I started to buy comics I opened myself up to even more of the way creativity allows for an immersive read.
I took two years off from the world as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Dominican Republic. Without the distractions of television and the internet and other things, my imagination went wild. My experiences there inspired many stories and characters that will some day come to pass. I filled up a book with ideas, they are seeds that are planted. Time to let them grow.
- TSR
Before I could remember my parents supplied me with Lego to play with. I build and crafted and rebuilt for hours. What always bugged me was that no matter how crazy of a design I had, I was still playing on the same carpet. My ships sailed on carpet, my cars drove across carpet, my space shuttles based off from carpet. I couldn’t escape it.
I left the Lego for a while and started exploring the world of Redwall. Those books introduced me to a completely immersive world. I WAS IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD. I sat there on that same carpet but suddenly it was a forest, it was a beach, it was a mountain, it was the ocean. The writing style of the late Brian Jacques consumed me so entirely, it overcame me, it transformed me, yea, it purified me. I took from him the concept that to sculpt and craft meant that you could make a reader forget the environment around them.
Video games were a pacifier. A soother to keep the baby quiet. Although, they helped expand my imagination it hindered it at the same time. The only game that truly inspired me to create and to build was Fire Emblem for the GBA. That world too was immersive.
Coming of age meant a higher amount of disposable income. What better was to spend money than to start a subscription to comic books. Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, The Flash, Green Lantern, all of these heroes caught my attention. I grew up with Spider-Man’s cartoons and reading the odd comic book that my brother had in his room. When I started to buy comics I opened myself up to even more of the way creativity allows for an immersive read.
I took two years off from the world as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Dominican Republic. Without the distractions of television and the internet and other things, my imagination went wild. My experiences there inspired many stories and characters that will some day come to pass. I filled up a book with ideas, they are seeds that are planted. Time to let them grow.
- TSR
Recreational Reading List
Sci-Fi - Ender's Game
Reading Ender's Game for the very first time was a sacred experience. I was at the age preparing to enter high school and was extremely nervous. The similarities between Ender and I were numerous; I felt like I was reading a piece intended solely for myself. Ender's Game is the classic from Orson Scott Card that begins the ongoing sci-fi tale of a young boy who is chosen to save the world. Battle School is a vicious reality that shapes and molds Ender into the individual that the military needs to stave off the third invasion. |
Fantasy Adventure - The Long Patrol
Brian Jacques is my hero. That man crafted epics that took my brain and imagination and stretched them to another world that was comforting and familiar. Redwall's forests and shores are crawling with creatures with more personality that the kids in my elementary school classrooms. The moles and hares are my favorite. Jacques' tales are loaded with amazing characters, great morals, engaging puzzles and quests, and heroics that belong among the greatest of adventure novels. Some may be turned off with anthropomorphized talking animals, but I feel that these stories wouldn't work with humans. Although I highlight The Long Patrol, there isn't a single book in this series that is not enjoyable. I read them in chronological order, which I suggest to really have the epic come together piece by piece. |
Current Playlist
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Comic Book - Ultimate Spider-Man
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can. And he does it amazingly when Brian Michael Bendis writes him. What is it with Jews writing comics, THEY ARE SO GOOD!! Developing a different storyline that what we are familiar with traditionally, Ultimate Spider-Man takes place on an alternate earth in the Marvel Universe. Ultimate Spider-Man starts at the beginning and goes through the majority of the classic villains: Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Venom, Kraven, and many reoccurring visits from Shocker. Bendis crafts his arcs so perfectly it is hard to set down. This book contains more emotion, more laughs, more quips, and more amazing visuals than most comics I have ever read, and I have a fair few. The Most Bucket of ListsThere are many many activities I would love to accomplish before death, or the age of 40, whichever turns out to be more detrimental. Feast your eyes upon these wondrous past times and let the envy flow like the nile:
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