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.
We can fly faster to new discoveries because of the written word.
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…the envelope is a phrase originally used by 1950’s test pilots to describe their passion to fly higher and faster than the known limits of the plane they were testing. Those who managed it without dying were said to have, the Right…
By K. L. Shipley
Read More…things are special in Saathiya. One is the non-linear storytelling technique and the other, trains. In fact, trains have been an integral part of Hindi cinema (popularly known as Bollywood). The metaphor, the metonym and the meanings associated with trains have been well addressed and explored in several…
By Shanku Sharma
Read More…know what it is, mama, the deliverance. My deliverance from all the pain buried in my body over these years, the weight of guilt, the strain of grief, the ache from loss, the regret of all the material things lost. It is me, mama, I am…
By Sloane Angelou
Read MoreShadowy hope for something unknown.
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…have searched every drawer in my life and probed every cupboard for something I cannot name, for something I cannot understand. My yearning for this unknown something is amorphous. I think I should know what I do not. I think I should remember something I do not…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreIs God's intended course for humankind…
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…basic idea of neoteny is simple; infant characteristics are extended into adulthood. The mechanism for this is the slowing of normal adult development. Young chimpanzees have more in common with adult humans than they do with adult…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreI did my best to make the most of my childhood…
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…the middle of May, the lilacs along my driveway are in full bloom and, as always, they remind me of Aunt Arlene. She had a row of lilacs that ran all along the southern section of her yard. Well, it wasn’t exactly “her yard”, or Uncle Bud’s either. The farm, the yard, and almost everything else around the place actually…
By K. L. Shipley
Read More…applied for a cashiering job yesterday: I hadn’t before because my ego is enormous and I wanted to be viewed as an “entrepreneur” and a successful one at that, despite the fact that it takes most businesses three to five years to reach profitability, and I’m only just beginning my…
By Daniella Cressman
Read MoreThe fog never clears. We must make our best guess, and move on.
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…little words that stick in the craw. Even when we know that we don’t know, we are reluctant to say so. We believe that admitting ignorance makes us vulnerable. Ignorance does make us vulnerable; admitting ignorance is the first step toward being…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreWhen there is not enough data it is better to acknowledge ignorance than it is to invent absurdity.
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…does it happen that two persons of equal intelligence, rationality, and good will can come to equally opposite interpretations of the very same set of facts? It is something that has puzzled me for a very long time. Now I think I have ways to explain some of the mystery. I believe the oddity known to psychologists…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreHiking in rural Derbyshire (UK) can transport you into Britain's Celtic past
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…narrow, slippery path leads me to the very top of the hill, dominating the endless fields around Birchover, a tiny traditional village in rural…
By Valeriya Salt
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