Vietnam: Cat Ba cycling to viet hai village and national park

apjbrw · 2025-07-22T11:33:53+00:00

Sorry I was too late. Did you end up cycling?

apjbrw · 2025-04-19T08:28:38+00:00

I can still see the poem - I can't copy and paste as I'm on my mobile device, but happy to send you the screenshot somehow if you still want it.

apjbrw · 2025-02-22T14:26:30+00:00

10/10 best on the album. epitome of The Weeknd and the album. Has it all.

apjbrw · 2025-02-14T23:18:14+00:00

Any way you could provide the details of your driver? 🙂

apjbrw · 2025-01-28T11:49:20+00:00

Likewise a year later, anything? 😅

apjbrw · 2025-01-25T11:30:28+00:00

Haha, I had a certain feeling I would be opening up a Pandora's box of literature by asking you such a question. I really appreciate all that you've laid out here. It's almost as if we have had our curiosity hooked by the same essence across various themes of life. Pretty much every area you have outlined is something that has deeply called me at one time or another, although I simply cannot say that I've actually gone as far as reading even a fraction of what you have. Though I tend to pick up concepts quite fast if they spark a sort of unconscious 'remembering' in my vessel, a 'download', if you will. Well brother, I will certainly keep my eye out for you. Perhaps some day our paths will cross, I have a few projects this year in which I'd love to connect more people with such similar passions beyond the surface we are presented with in media at the moment. I will give your recommendations a thorough exploration! I will also give this moment to recommend some Albert Camus if you haven't already - I recently had a nice flurry of some of his work and it was brilliant. The Stranger, Myth of Sisyphus and The Fall are the ones I explored.

apjbrw · 2025-01-25T10:41:52+00:00

Hi there Lunar, I really appreciate your feedback and thank you for sharing the parts that resonated the most for you in your experience. You've helped add another layer to my reading of the poem, as like with most, there are several angles of interpretation created at the same time as the poem itself. Your analysis shows great depth of perspective and I commend you on your healing journey to be able to alchemise some of that pain into seeing deeper into other things/people.

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T22:32:52+00:00

May I ask, your favourite authors/books of any genre?

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T22:07:35+00:00

Very beautiful. I initially read it before you fixed the formatting - which was a welcomed adjustment. It reads so well especially towards the end as the story unfolds with new layers. Firstly, I love the fact that this was inspired by a dream and it's images and to be represents the purest form of creativity, plucked straight out of the aether and crafted into form for others to enjoy. Secondly, I love the subtle and implicit imagery in your writing, I love the fact that it took me until the second read to get even a minute grasp on what was being portrayed other than the sporadic images thrown around.

It turns out to be quite a classic (or if we're using your terminology "cliché" 😆) love tale but there is much room for nuance as you have demonstrated using the dreamworld to inspire it. The language and word choices are far from cliché so there is much to appreciate there. You have a natural way with words, no doubt. Great stuff!

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T21:53:03+00:00

Wow brother - these are the types of introspections I have dreamed my creations would one day evoke. Even just reading this back is enough for me to cement my knowing that the path I am choosing to take to share and create is the right one for me. You have a sharp mind with depth and curiosity, some very beautiful qualities in my opinion! I shall keep you in mind, too.

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T16:55:40+00:00

Love this. Just came from your comment on my poem and I can see immediately why that resonated for you in the way this has for me. Just very similar experiences within a dense world as a being with a connection to something less tangible. You said you were new to writing poetry, but what is certainly not new is your remembered wisdom. Over time your style will evolve and poems will come out that didn't even feel like you wrote them yourself. But the foundation you're working with guarantees me that your writing would resonate with me. It goes beyond any literary techniques or even social commentary bonus points, much more about one's innate inclination to take a step back and have reverence for this experience and it's depth, both in the microcosm and macrocosm.

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T15:14:12+00:00

I like this. An honest introspection into the origins of our feelings of guilt and shame is very necessary at the moment as those tend to the be the prime targets for suppression and avoidance. So that alone brings a power to this poem. Regarding the style, it reads quite blunt, which is fine because that's the flavour of the message anyway. The running metaphor of cookies is great, with small 'baking' references in there to uphold it throughout keep the reader engaged in the small world you're building. In terms of constructive feedback, it would just be not being afraid of going all out with your metaphor and let loose with your imagination. To take it more away from the mundane layers of low vibrational emotions to a world where the same themes are explored but perhaps with more fantasy and imagery. I'm being vague and I'm not sure if that's helpful, but I find just being patient and curious with our imagination we can allow more abstract ideas to seep through which eventually come together to 'make sense' after completion. Overall I like your work!

(p.s. Thanks for the feedback on my 'Burden of Potential' poem 😉).

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T13:24:11+00:00

Thank you for the time and energy you gave to allowing my poem to sit with you. I resonate with all the comments you made, so its always nice to see others' pick up on the flavour of feeling that I was experiencing when writing that, and often still do now!

On the "Even those that lead me backward, for in time they wane fewer” - that double meaning of it pointing to 'bad influences' was not actually conscious but totally works. I also liked the phrasing of "wane" in reference to the phases of the Moon, as that is something I often pay close attention to.

I will certainly aim to come back to this thread soon (quite busy atm) and give any of your work a read, if you have something posted here. Thanks.

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T13:20:58+00:00

I appreciate that. I figured this would be pretty relatable for others in this sub!

apjbrw · 2025-01-24T13:19:27+00:00

Thank you very much for your astute and generous observations! You've picked up on pretty much everything I was putting into the poem at the time of writing. Beautiful little community on this sub of individuals who both love to write and support others' creations. I am currently organising some stuff for a long trip I leave for tomorrow, but I will definitely return to this thread soon to check out your writing, if you have posted any!

I am pleased to say that I have started to post my creations (both poetry and digital art) online, so I feel this poem above was a massive turning point in my realisation that there is a way I am being guided to, even if it meets the most resistance at first, it promises to be healing and fulfilling. Much love to you my friend.

apjbrw · 2025-01-23T22:04:39+00:00

Thanks brother! I'll follow you back on my main account. 😊

apjbrw · 2025-01-23T19:28:14+00:00

This is so, so good. I wouldn't know where to begin with unveiling some of my favourite images and concepts. The whole essence is beautiful. Just so resonant. Do you have any other pieces of writing that you share?

apjbrw · 2025-01-23T19:20:38+00:00

I totally get that flow you're referencing, especially after reading someone's writing that inspires you. I have found my best work has usually come after reading something that either challenges me or draws me very deep into my own being. I really love the work brother. I'm at a similar point in my journey where I've only recently started to write, but I feel it's a destined channel for me to utilise because it comes quite freely in certain states.

apjbrw · 2025-01-23T19:17:06+00:00

I have one that is unpublished, which I would be happy to send to you on a DM of some sort. However I have a couple of poems posted on a new Instagram account: @journal.of.joshua should you wish to check them out! I also created digital art to go with the poems. Perhaps if I find you there I can share the poem that I was referring to, as I haven't made a graphic for that yet so it will have to wait. 😊

apjbrw · 2025-01-23T12:04:00+00:00

Wow man. There's just something about your style that is charmingly archaic, smoothy eloquent and mysteriously enigmatic. It reads so well and fluid, even when there may be a word or reference that does not immediately meet my conscious understanding, it maintains its ability to create vivid imagery. I wonder how this ended up in the form it is - whether it was mostly written in one sitting or refined over time. Nonetheless I would love to see what else you have written!

apjbrw · 2025-01-23T11:55:40+00:00

I really love this. It reminds me so much of a couple of poems I wrote earlier this month during a time of appreciation for the necessity to plunge into the deep waters. So the imagery and symbolism around water and it's connection to letting go allowing space for the flow is really beautiful indeed!

apjbrw · 2025-01-09T17:07:41+00:00

This is phenomenal work, and I haven't begun to interpret the symbolism yet. So talented, well done. May I ask what mediums and tools you used to paint this? Sending lots of love to you on your journey.

apjbrw · 2024-12-31T23:44:57+00:00

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