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December 9, 2017April 7, 2024

The Beauty of Mythology

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The Beauty of Mythology

In our minds, we all see different worlds.

Every great book holds the mythology of its people—realistic or fancied. They hold truths to our society, our place in it, and our unified fears. With every noble myth you find morals, and a wealth of lies. Often, these lies become us like the atoms that move us. It is difficult to see, but if searched. One may find new interpretations to formerly established ideas.

A great deal of our perspective tends to hinge on the imparted knowledge of our elders. Yet, as we grow we also learn from what inspires us and threatens us. For we all suffer our own trials guarded by monsters.

In our minds, we all see different worlds. Humanity, are a people of many interpretations, one webbed with a history of infinite misunderstandings. Our chronicled triumphs and failures may be argued as facts, but within every impressive narrative the art of imagination can be observed.

“Liar! I know that you humans build your life in lies. It starts with your mortal lords and their fabricated gods. They use fictitious stories to impregnate the minds of people, and like herds of sheep they do as their told.”

–Iko Sunflower, Lunora and the Monster King

Knowledge is memory, science is reason, and poetry is fantasy. Together they communicate our past with vitality. In my eyes, the writers that established human history are among the most powerful mortals to walk. Their words embody the voices of countless, and are even heard after their bones have withered and gone. Their dreams and experiences influenced civilization alongside the Kings and Queens of antiquity.

These words often carry our beliefs, laws, and wisdom. However, what can be deemed true? Mythology is a collection of recorded accounts, a form of history but embroidered to explain the present or the unknown. Yet, the same can be said about everything in the past.

For is history not merely an assortment of perspectives agreed upon by those that survive and rule it?

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Is something touched by the imagination or hyperbolized real? To a degree, yes, because it is driven by the viewpoint of the individual that experienced it. Something fabricated may not exist now, but it may one day. Everything is subject to scrutiny, yet we cannot ignore the fact that what may seem fictional to us, is factual to another.

Personally, I look towards science to validate my own conception of reality. I would rather fight to know the truth, than deny the chance of it. Yet, even science is not fully grounded. The math may sit right for now, but it can change as with our perspective. Due to this alone, I cannot dismiss another person’s reality, nor can I deny the existence of the Old Gods.

We all have a right to exist in our own narrative. We do it the moment we are born, and the moment we dream. Often these are worlds that never were, places trapped in our minds until written, but without them we would go nowhere. Mythology has become a great part of our lives, and it will continue to do so. With every new book, the possibility of a new myth is born.

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They are as real as the sun, and like the sun, untouchable. They are the dreams that motivate us. The warnings that guide us, and the place we seek to be when life is grueling. They turn us into explorers, heroes, philosophers, stargazers, villains, and much more. They are our chosen escape.

With every book read, a new world, life, or love has the chance to be discovered. Within our stories, the memories of forgotten voices can be heard. They are a timeless gale. In my life, I allow mythology to show me a life I never had. Why deny it as unreal, when reality is decided by the beholder.

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“I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.”

–Neil Gaiman

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H.S. Crow has literary works appearing in all mediums of entertainment with a focus on fantasy, science fiction, and horror. He is an author traversing the theoretical and myth with novels and comics exploring the breathtaking Caligo, a vast universe containing our dreams and nightmares. Notable books include Lunora and the Monster King, Stars of Glass, and the upcoming epic Drums of Fog. However, his brilliance also transcends into poetry and music with scores that instills emotion and magic. The young author and music producer aims to challenge current issues with the imagination, and enchant the heart and mind of any who dares explore his madness.

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H.S. Crow has literary works appearing in all mediums of entertainment with a focus on fantasy, science fiction, and horror. He is an author traversing the breathtaking Caligo, a vast universe containing our dreams and nightmares. Notable books include Lunora and the Monster King, Stars of Glass, & the upcoming Drums of Fog.

November 4, 2017April 8, 2024

To Be A Writer

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To Be A Writer

Everyone has a story to tell…

To write is not just seeing the world through a kaleidoscope of possibilities, but a means to shift the tides of color that exist within it. What we write has power—not only in the micro scale of things that affect an individual’s life but the macro that can influence an entire generation, and even a nation.

The greatest story is one written from the heart. It is one based on your experiences, emotions, and imagination. It is ingenuity and reinvention. It is a way of seeing the world. The greatest characters I have ever written about have been retellings of people I have come across in my journeys.

“Creative people have it hard. There is always something trapped in their noggins yearning to escape like a caged animal, both too free and wild to contain. Little does the world know it will often scrape the inner walls of the mind until it gets what it wants.”

–H.S. Crow

You see, what you may think is ordinary is not the same elsewhere. Everyone has a story to tell. You may not think so, but they do, and it is a wondrous thing to explore. From the bits and pieces of our own lives we can create a new world with fantastic roads filled with our hopes and fears. In this world we can find tragedies and triumphs that can help shape who we are.

Anything written has the ability to convey numerous dimensions of a subject. It is a grand thing that allows a reader to discover their own interpretations of a tale or a discussion that may seem one dimensional; when in truth it is not. The magic of a story is when the characters come to life, and defy our expectation. When this happens we gain perspective, wisdom, and above all the thrill of a good story.

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Words enlighten us. They are the forefront of everything that makes us human. With words we can find art, music, history, theory, and dreams. They define our means to communicate and gain culture. With our words, we have achieved modern civilization. It has started and stopped wars. It has molded young minds, and broken old ways. It has fueled political strife, and also relieved it.

Words have oppressed, and liberated countless. It is a weapon that can be used to inspire and save lives, or discourage and forsake them. It is a tool that has freed us from the horrors of being forgotten, and secured our future.

Writing is a sacred calling that pulls at the soul. It is the air you breathe. It flows through the veins like a carmine river, and pumps the heart. It is a part of you. Putting a pen between shaky fingers over the unknown vistas of pale opportunity is not for the faint of heart. It is an enduring struggle that takes control of you.

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Being a writer means helping others through your experiences and that of everyone you have connected with. It is giving the reader the chance to experience something new, or something they may wish to brave. It is a loving and hostile touch, a patient and eager ghost, and also a test of time. Yet, even with all these extremes it is something I could never overturn. It has officially become my life.

What it means to be a writer should not be defined in a sentence. It is a powerful decision that breaks, and redefines you. To share every anxiety, desire, emotion, and mistake to countless strangers is unnerving, but priceless. You are giving them a window to explore through your eyes, and mind. I am proud to be a writer. Proud to escape this reality alongside you, and explore the ‘what if.’

“…Whether you prefer to read, listen, watch, or write—know there is soul behind it. Thank you. Never forget the roots that made us human..”

–H.S. Crow

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

–Ernest Hemingway

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August 15, 2017April 8, 2024

The Subjective World

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The Subjective World

The truth is subjective, and forever in conflict.

From the turbulent sensation of your beating heart to the hot air escaping your dry lips, or the sounds of distant cars and voices as you balance your feet over wonky stones, and even what you see—is it real? Many would say yes, but is it real to the person next to you? Now that is a question worth contemplating.

The way you experience reality is not black and white. It is endless shades of gray. Not one pair of eyes will perceive the same horizon. In fact, the nature of reality and what you comprehend from it are completely separate things. The major components of perception are the collection of information, and the processing of said information.

It is a widely accepted belief that the human body only has five senses—typically involving sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch; however, touch alone has several somatic senses that include the perception of pressure, temperature, and pain. Some scientists list as many as twenty-one senses, many of which we have never contemplated on.

These senses help define our personal reality, but how would you react to sensory deterioration? Would you notice it? Most likely, it would shock and change you. Many astronauts and pilots undergo rigorous training meant to redefine their accepted view of reality. Some even go as far as to flip their view of the world upside down.

This training or rewiring of the brain occurs not just in them, but in all of us. Many times it is unnoticed. It happens with your tolerance of pain while playing sports, or your understanding of color when painting, and even how you distinguish sounds when practicing an instrument.

“Wayward Child, stare into the water and open your mind. See your reflection and embrace what may not be.”

–Fiddle, Lunora and the Monster King

Every day we realize a new outlook of reality—one exclusive to us withal. Must we stomach these changes, especially if we become impaired with a warped impression of the world? Would we accept this new and altered reality? Maybe, but what is classified as truth in the first place?

Let us imagine that you exist in a world where everyone lacks functional hearing. Sound does not exist because you cannot perceive it. Would you notice it? To imagine something unknown is similar to traveling an uncharted expanse that lacks anything familiar. It would be beyond interpretation. You can speculate the presence of it, or use math to confirm its legitimacy, but in the end you are ignorant of the experience it holds.

The same can be said with color. Humans have three kinds of cone cells whose job is to detect certain wavelengths of light. One cone only sees blue, the other sees only green, and the last solely sees red. We have no cone cells designed to see beyond the primary colors. Yet, somehow our mind has learned to see between the spaces of perceivable color by mixing the three primary wavelengths of light. In a sense, we imagined the gaps like missing pieces to a puzzle, and it has become a crucial part of our subjective reality.

Many colors fit in the spectrum, except for magenta, brown, and pink. Those colors like achromatic shades do not exist at all. They dwell only in our mind. Is experiencing it enough? Maybe, but does it confirm the existence of the reality in question, especially if all colors are deemed fabrications of the mind.

To further communicate the degree of our faults, what we experience as color and images is actually electromagnetic waves. The same applies to the vibrations we perceive as sound. Smell and taste revolve around this concept as well. Nearly everything including that sugary treat you had the other day are all products of the mind created to grasp the existence you assume you live in.

Our perception does not identify the world as it actually is. Strangely enough it only discerns what you are capable of recognizing. Due this problem, information is constantly misrepresented. The truth is subjective, and forever in conflict.

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Other things that shape our reality are the interactions we have with people. The society you exist in as a whole molds us. Our understanding of the world starts with our parents, then our peers, and lastly the media and government. We exist with many human made rules that dictate who we are, what we do, and what our dreams entail.

We constantly reevaluate our lives with the faded print of the dead, and the fresh ink of the living in search of certainty when doubt runs high. Do these adopted perspectives contain verity? I believe to some degree it does.

The reality we perceive and the existence around us will never be one of the same. In my opinion, there are many aspects of the truth—layers that complement and contradict each other. Just because you cannot see something does not mean it does not exist.

We are all individuals capable of determining our own facet of reality. Some day we may uncover the true inner workings that move everything, but will we understand it for what it really is or will our minds alter it?

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To survive it is believed that an organism has to comprehend the environment it dwells in. Their senses allows them to understand the dangers that lie around them. To perceive correctly broadens the probability of preservation; however, I no longer believe this to be the case.

Recently, a scientist named Donald Hoffman proposed the idea that an organism may get away with only knowing the pedestal of the system they inhabit. I believe he is on to something. Like in a game, you only need to know the buttons and the visuals, but not how it fundamentally works. You do not need to know the ones and zeroes that exist behind the images. The same applies to life.

According to science, the universe is composed of an immeasurable number of vibrating strings. These strings are in essence the true existence, but how do we know what these strings look like? Are they even strings or vibrating filaments at all? Is it even possible to picture it without the math? We can try, but it will rocket us back to our imagination—ideas influenced by our attempt to visualize reality.

Our imagination is a part of the existence we live in, and it warps with our imperfect perception of the world. To respect all views is a tough decision to consider, but it can be the start to a friendlier world where every dream is tangible.

Special thanks to Antonio Mangino for the great philosophical discussions that fueled this journal entry.

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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

–Albert Einstein

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June 5, 2017April 7, 2024

Of Severed and Tempered

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Of Severed and Tempered

“Plant love, let it sprout”

–Bimori, Stars of Glass

Edda of Crows

We are bold to tumble into rigid paths in search of the uncharted,

Gaining truths from those that departed,

Yet painting a new life like an artist.

Why do our hearts remain so guarded?

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Bombarded by decisions that temper the heart with burden,

We are thwarted from reaching our personal garden,

A life of unfulfilled dreams drowned in bourbon,

Too far gone to be pardoned.

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To carry the weight of crushed promises.

Set adrift in a sea of debt and policies,

Born of wolves hiding in the shadow of false democracy.

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Where the prominent mingles in fallacy,

The suppressed bear accuracy.

For ignored they are beneath their majesty.

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Effaced for the sake of vanity,

It was all just strategy to shape a country worth imagining.

Bound with the scarlet ink of tragedy,

Ever conquered by brutality.

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From birth everything learned is another’s fantasy.

Join the herd and repeat it rapidly before those callous hands join forgotten agonies.

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In ignorance we stand selfishly,

Afraid of each other’s complexity,

Believing neighbors to be a potential enemy,

Instead of allies twined by destiny.

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Trapped in a zoo of conformity,

Blinded by our jailer’s indoctrinated community,

For the sake of security,

We lose Identity,

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Calmed by pleasure to counteract the urge of mutiny.

All for one, and none for unity.

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For isolated we become with age,

Dreary in our conventional cage,

Squawking about a fixed wage,

Counting our days backstage,

Ignoring the change we should engage.

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“A poem begins as a lump in the throat,

a sense of wrong,

a homesickness,

a lovesickness.”

–Robert Frost

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