Willful ignorance is a choice, being straight or gay is not. Climate change is real and man has contributed to it. Whether you believe that now or not is immaterial. You have to wait to be convinced. To think man has not contributed to the change of our climate means you have bought the propaganda and your pride prevents you from even trying to listen to the realities of people who study it. Now, the melting of the ice, many will say, is a natural occurrence, and it is. However, man has proven to be the most destructive force on the planet next to water. Our planes, our cars, our chemicals, the burning of tires like they recently did in Texas, all point to mans contribution to climate change as a whole.

An artist in the truest sense has within his/her personality a mode of thinking that lies in between all the various modes of thought that must be employed in some way in order to get through each day. This mode of thinking bares constant witness to human atrocity and malice; not by choice, but by some thing that has been talked about and denied in various ways throughout recorded history.
A certain proportion of artists are unable to function normally in society because, in their eyes, the rules are more of an obstacle to be cleverly avoided than anything else. This of course leads them into some form of societal trouble. Other artists find through their content, context, and analysis of what they see a feeling of undeniable complexity filled with indescribable things that must be sorted out in some type of framework, some canvas, some type of something in some way.
Some people have no choice in this life and a true artist is one of them. Their real subjective pain should never be taken lightly because it is through their expression that they give life to the life they know, the one they see that holds no compromises to anything but change as it is seen through the one lens that is clearly identifiable to them... the one thing they can and have always counted on, Times Charge

People of the world need to understand that the majority of us are against everything Trump is doing. He is not a representative of the people. I am sorry to say that the people here have been duped through the power of media. The right wing has turned extreme and are involving religion in governmental activities. As you all know, we are supposed to have a separation of church and state here. But little by little Christianity, false Christianity is taking over this country. They are cut throat, greedy, selfish people with no other care in the world but themselves and they will sell their souls for money. So, if anything happens, just know that it is NOT the will of the people to meddle in other countries business other than the standard trade deals and so forth. For example, I have nothing against Russia or China or Syria or Iran or anybody else. I do think Sharia Law is just inhuman. That said, I only wish the world and everybody on it a long and prosperous life filled with fantastic memories and wonderful friends and even strangers. We are all in this together. Be safe and hurt nobody.

Today, in response to the chemical attacks in Syria, The United States fired off over 50 tomahawk missiles at the regime. This will no doubt get a response of some kind. Let us all hope that cooler heads prevail and things do not get out of control. If things do get out of control, then we will all have our lives altered forever.

We are all the way we are because of our experience and the ways in which we were brought up or taught to believe. As we progress in our thinking and learning, we can take our experiences and use them constructively. For example, I suffer from manic depression, as they call it. As a result of having this affliction, I suffer in illogical ways. This is beyond my understanding and it is beyond the understanding of doctors. The only thing they can do is prescribe pills. But I can take my experience and apply that in real life by becoming a mentor to someone who also suffers. I can become a counselor, a writer, a musician, a brick layer... it does not matter. If I can be a good influence on one person a week or even a day, then I have found a valuable form of success. I think it works like that for all of us.

Pink Floyd- Goodbye Blue Sky [Video]

At some point in all our lives we all look for guidance of some kind coming from some source. This source could be God, it could be a family member, it could be a good friend, it could even be a stranger who tells us what we really needed to hear at that time. Sometimes, people get caught up in their particular type of guidance "figure." It could be a guru of some sort. It could be someone from their church like a pastor, it could be a motivational figure. It could be a variety of different actors in our society. When this happens, people change and sometimes this change can be harmful to both themselves and other people. They can close doors on people that were once good friends. They can shut out family members. They can quit even talking to those they don't really know; but does anyone really know anybody... truly?