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Playboy Magazine's 1964 Interview with Novelist Ayn Rand

Posted on Jan 27th, 2009 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

I am not one of those who believes Ayn Rand was infallible, however, for a very long time, I have maintained the position that she was and still is perhaps modern history's greatest thinker. I... More »

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Can you create something beautiful just by looking?

Posted on Jan 23rd, 2009 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

__________ Eternity is no reward; everyone gets eternity. Reward is knowing what to do with it and the will to do it. No, I beg your pardon - that's gift. __________

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Symbiosis

Posted on Jan 16th, 2009 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

__________ Yes, I imagine that fierce time-certain angel tall of deep grays and heavy of blues and blacks with piercing amber eyes standing just behind wrapped over and 'round me. But my angel's just imagined... More »

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New artistic adventure ...

Posted on Oct 2nd, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

As much as I detest shameless promotion on the part of others, I'm afraid I have to resort to just a little bit of it myself simply because of my excitement about being able to... More »

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Treehouses ...

Posted on Sep 4th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

Recently, in response to the Questions and Reflections "What is your favorite distraction?", I mentioned my love of treehouses and how I love to dream of living in one full time. Today, I ran across... More »

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On Decay ...

Posted on Sep 2nd, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

When you think it through clearly, even what we call "decay" is a move forward. All is evolving from what was to what is to what will be. Whatever it is that earns our focus,... More »

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Distractions ...

Posted on Sep 2nd, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

I hear it time and again - "It is the fact life is short that makes life so precious." "Death is why we must live to the fullest." I must respectfully but strongly disagree. I'm... More »

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Unwitting Comparisons

Posted on Aug 29th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

I recently found an article written from a Christian perspective on what one ought to do during the coming election. The author makes the comparison of "bible-based morality" and "politically-correct secular humanism". This author has... More »

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Unlikely event ...

Posted on Aug 15th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

_______________ I poured into a favorite mirror and gazed into Just-Once and Only-Here eyes felt pulses behind them come-go come-go come-go race-by savored briefest of aires hungry in sated out hungry again sated out hungry... More »

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Of Lovers ...

Posted on Jul 30th, 2008 by Naumadd : Rationally Passionate Writer Naumadd

__________ No matter the count or depth of your loves for another or for other, your greatest love will always be yourself. Where is love of other or of another, without the lover and their... More »

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