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Markie!

About Me

On the path towards enlightenmentperfection of the spirit: jazz piano Eastern mysticism (Taoism)perfection of the mind: engineering music theory Objectivism (Ayn Rand) Existentialism (Sartre) Feuerbachperfection of the body: Taekwondo gymnasticscurrent status: dynamic improvization, integration, adaptation One's inner splendor must match the outward beauty of existence

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

energy, ambition, creation...Those who recognize the capacity for greatness. One must devote the duration of his life to his art (use of the masculine pronoun is convention, not exclusionary)

...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'

-Jack Kerouac

My Blog

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With your strength as well as my own, I shall live not as one but as a unity of us both. I carry within me your life force which shall never die. We will shine together. I will see you again...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:58:00 GMT

Creation Rage!!!!

That which governs my actions now is creation rage. It is the force that drives the perpetual creation that flows from my fingers and into the sweet world of beauty in chaos and order. Those obstacles...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:45:00 GMT

The time draws near

When seeking to create one's life, he must know that his potential is infinite and that his development will continue indefinitely. He must actively seek to maintain this constant state of dynami...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:13:00 GMT

The Teachings of M

There is no essential human nature, there is only individual nature.  To define one as being or acting in such a way solely because of his humanity is a stereotype of the entire species.  Ju...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:32:00 GMT

The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand): Howard Roark's speech

It was only a moment; the moment of silence when Roark was about to speak."Thousands of years ago, the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had taught his brot...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:30:00 GMT