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- kendra...
I don’t know if I am doing this right.
I had the urge in my car to start singing an improvised song (inspired by my relateful camp experience at Annabeth’s Vocal Flow and Kedar’s bonfire jam) and it was in that exploration that I had the epiphany that I am allowed to write bad poems!... I ran out of time replying to this, so all I’ve got is an analogy. I hope it sparks your imagination. The palette an artist chooses doesn’t determine whether or not they make a good painting.... - venita...
Important topic, Dara! I'm in both camps. I have felt quite censored and attacked over the past ten years for some of my views. So I definitely censor myself now and participate in conversations on-line a lot less. I am sad about this.... - JulieI...
What you say resonates as true experience, except... for some reason, I feel like I have found so much of that without the drugs. Yet, the community is lacking. I scare people. Yet, I choose to remain open because I cannot be otherwise. Must I use a substance to gain acceptance?... - annabeth...
- Fooljeff...
These mixed feelin's you got about postin' on this UpTrust horseshit? That's just the natural state of a thinkin' man facin' the prospect of layin' his thoughts bare. Never been much of a writer? Bullshit. You've been afraid to put your words where others can see 'em.... - lyssa...
- onYou’re doing sex wrong: What I wish everyone knew about the emotional presence, physical skill, and energetic magnitude of blissful, fulfilling sex.byannabeth...
Thank you so much, your words feel really validating. The spark to write my post appeared just before I first heard about the Deep Takes, and I instantly knew this was when I'd want to share it. I've been writing and editing it for weeks.... - xander...
I really appreciate you risking showing that side to me, and I’d love to know more, see more about what it’s like for you. I can’t tell from what you said already what it might be in my writing here that has generated this response, and as of yet, there’s no defense mechanism... I feel…ugh. In normal conversation I say shit that I haven’t finished and posting seems to want me to say shit that’s finished. So I’m gonna post a lot of unfinished shit…and feel really aggressive towards virtual representations of people that judge me for it and then realize...