The Abstract Art Gallery
A writing gallery created by writers from around the world. From poetry to song lyrics, from essays to entire novels and short stories.
If Utopia requires…
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…are two inscriptions on the walls of the Temple at Delphi: Know Thyself; and Nothing in Excess. They were inscribed there some twenty-five hundred years ago. These two aphorisms were wise…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreI’ve loyally kept my …
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… remembering seems as much dream as memory. I was four years old. That probably accounts for the haze. We were on a picnic; Dad, Mom, me, and Uncle Gordan. I remember the spindly grill being taken from the trunk …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreLoyalty is as loyalty does.
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…like Love, BFF, and other declarations of commitment have a season. Nothing on this earth is forever, no matter how much we wish it were otherwise. Passions flair, passions fade. The Sun rises, the Sun sets. Change is the only…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDark unknowing that happens…
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…if he could, he wouldn't. Wild things don't discuss what they do in the wild. He returns by morning light. Matted fur, fatigue, and traces of blood, betray shadowy adventures known only to himself. Better not to…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreSupernatural is not the…
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…,why does He allow the meanness and horrors of this world to exist? It's an old question. Satan knows the answer. He prefers humans remain in the dark. Satan's preference is made easier when humans think of him as mythical. All predators manage better when the prey doesn't know…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreNobody knows what’s…
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…went over the mountain to see what he could see. The groundhog surveys my backyard for exactly the same reason. The birds on the deck are glad to have discovered the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe physics of quantum…
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…beyond explanation are often thought to be magic, or miracle, or some other force outside normality. Scientists with knowledge of quantum physics aren’t inclined to think magic, miracles…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreMagic is the word of choice...
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... title of song by the Lovin’ Spoonful in 1965. The magic they were singing about was less of the occult and more of the festival. It was about good-time-groovy-freeing-you...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreFocus on individual...
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...a rough game for rough boys. It reduces the historic struggle for wealth and power to simple clarity: Climb to the top of the hill: Knock down the reigning...
By K. L. Shipley
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