Creativity and Mental Illness

I write, draw, and paint. I can’t really remember a time when I wasn’t doing one of them. I just understood that being Bipolar and feeling excessively allowed me to create on deeper levels. Pulling out those wounds unhealed to thrust them upon an unknowing reader. Sometimes a certain sort of gasp followed by silence is golden.

On Yahoo in the news section under health was an article where scientist finally said (drum roll)…that creativity might be a part of certain mental illnesses. (I rolled my eyes reading it and laughed) So a little slow they are in my opinion. That is something many people have been saying for a while now. Why is it they don’t listen? Is it because of the initials that follow their name? Who can say?

It was interesting that some embraced their illnesses not as a curse but a gift. Something to get the old wheels in the mind to turn. Poor rusty things will get a real workout.

So what if any aspect do you embrace?

The Rise of the Golden Dawn in Greece

Right now the Shingles are something I have. Writing helps in a small way to keep my mind occupied.

The Golden Dawn is a Neo-Nazi group that has picked up a few (7%) politcal seats in Greece. Their primary focus (at the moment) illegal immigrants. When asked what he planned to about to about them? He said something about camps and they knew what would happen.

As a human being this is something that threatens us all. It threatens our future, freedom, our families, our friends, regardless of where you live. Borders mean nothing when this is something that we swore would never happen again. What are going to do to make sure this time it really never happens again?

Let us share bonds and do what we can so the world knows. So that the world may understand. We all are never really alone and share in this life together. Share if you will. Share if you can.

Book Writer’s Contest

Inspiring Voices is having a writing contest min. of 10,000 words. All the details are on the site. I believe the deadline is July 12th. So maybe you have a manuscript finished and just haven’t found the perfect home yet. This might be the perfect time to dust it off and enter. They are awarding in total 33 prizes. You never know it could be you but you can’t win if you don’t enter.

Www.inspiringvoices.com/contest

Good luck!

Stem Cells Kill Virus in Mice

In mice stem cell therapy killed the virus. It is early yet but it does bring hope that one day a cure will be found. Since the early 1980′s so many have gone through, suffered, died, and watch those they loved or knew do the same. The loss of human life has not been any small matter. In places villages have become ghost towns with long memories and silent voices. If they are able to also kill the virus in humans their voices won’t be silent anymore.

Nanotechnology….Is it the new “pink slime”?

Regulations are apparently being considered to make nanotech is safe for consumers. Currently there are roughly 300 products that utilize nanotech. And can or could terrorists use nanotech. for destructive purposes? While it could have some overall benefits just how safe is it? Would you eat a food containing nanos? And is it a recipe for destruction or a way to save our planet?

The Energetic Soul

This is something I thought of recently tho I don’t know what started it really. One of my favorite books is Swan Song by Robert McCammon. In it there is an illness that affects the survivors after a nuclear holocaust. They call it Job’s Mask. When the mask falls away it reveals your true inner face. It got to me to thinking as I have said that maybe being made in the likeness of God/Gods is not referring to our physical selves but the soul. Thus giving both creation and evolution a place on the same page as it were. Thus the physical form over time may change but soul remains the same. Plants and animals thus could be also on the same playing field as humans. In the end, it is not the physical form that goes home. It is the soul which (I believe) is made up of key building blocks that are a part of almost everything. Energy. It sort of woild explain why people talk about a bright light they see when they die. It also can say abit about ghosts. They seem to be made of energy and need it for whatever they want or need to do. If any bit of that is even remotely true then it might be possible that believing in a certain God/Gods wouldn’t matter. (God/Gods also include Goddesses as well sorry I didn’t say that sooner) It still leaves quite a bit in the unanswered realm and possibilities. It is possibly right? I think so but it could also possibly be insanely wrong too.

So now that ya think I’m on the Bullet Train to Totally Crazy Town I’ll skip to the regular programming. Thanks for reading. Talk to ya later!

Beyond the Cradle of Earth

The earth is where more then humanity was born. It is where we have learned to crawl and take those first steps on trembling legs. Yet nothing lasts forever and so that will be true of the earth and sun as well. Either we will be off and running through space or life will be extinct on earth. Of course, the sun is about half way through her life so no time soon really will this happen. So yeap don’t go nutty on the worry wart scale. That is also that somehow we manage not to kill each off by then.

There are newly discovered planets who circle very hot stars. They are much too hot to nuture gentle carbon based life forms. Though by the time our sun starts her dying process some of this suns will be as our sun is now. Those worlds though not all of them will be more able to be colonized. Yet even that process isn’t entirely within our means at the moment. You never know maybe Pandora is out there waiting for us. We just need to learn more then what we know right now. To grow up and leave our childish pettiness behind.

If you were given a chance to live on another planet would you? What would you miss most about the earth? What would you take with you?