The Album Cover & Track List for Beatrix Runs

(designed by Missy Washington of i102fly)   Two weeks to go!   Here is the list of tracks:   DreamerMeantArmies of Your HeartSnow in VeniceNightflyersOrionBeatrix RunsOdi Et AmoVictoryGoodbye...

poems as maps.

Face it, everything always takes a lot longer than you expect. Especially when it comes to building something. Act of creation may be spontaneous, but even God, according to holy texts, had to take a rest after a few days. While something can be destroyed in a blink of an eye – a life, a forest, a career, a dream – a relationship – it can take aeons to build either one of those. It also applies to days. You can plan out your day or work, but some tasks will take a lot longer than others – and you can beat your head against the wall all you want, but there is no use. It is already one week into 2012, and I still feel like NYE was yesterday. Does it progressively get even more so as one gets older? I hope I can find creative ways to slow my perception of time down. It feels like universe is playing a game of poker with me and bluffing, when time goes by this fast. I have to call its bluff or else. I also feel like I should start writing poetry again. Poetry crystallizes the moment and is a meditative experience. It's not unlike taking a walk inside your emotional world: it is a snapshot of your internal landscape through a lens of words. I think poetry is more useful, over time, than paying a psychotherapist. The wild or wounded creature inside you may take a while to emerge, when faced with a rational, albeit sympathetic stranger. But given an opportunity to express her or himself via a...

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