Justin's Eng Blog

 In "Lighting Bugs" lighting bugs are compared to cameras with the line "take snapshots of my house." I'm not sure if that's what Slyman meant when he wrote that, but it makes sense in my head. This is because as the lighting bugs light up the dark like they are taking pictures. A moment like that acts like a photo in your head as a source of memory. When you see a lighting bug in the future, you will think back to the time you saw them at your house, like reviewing a old photo on your phone.  Floating stars  in the dark making memories.

 I'm using an imagine at the beginning of William Blakes's "London." "I wander through each chartered street" When comparing this image to myself, I can see in front of me paths or roads which can be taken. These paths aren't literal, but more mental direction that can be taken to lead me further in life. But even though each path is different, they share one thing in common, they a riddled with restrictions and laws. These laws my be because of my own limitation, mental, physical or otherwise. But they can also be laws in forced by others. It could be people trying to stop your progress. Or it could be laws in forced by governmental bodies. Either way, no matter what path is taken, the roads will be full of restrictions.

"What will your verse be?" I interpreted this as what will you write to the grand game that is life? What line of history will you contribute to the creation of?  The world is vast, larger than you and I. We can do lots of actions that can harm the present, aid the future, or contribute nothing. But what is written isn't determined by yourself. You can't write your own verse, people in the future do that. You can only write the actions that will help decide your verse. You may deem your actions just, you may view them as bright, and thus your verse in history must be equally glorious, at least you think. You can try to guess your verse, or act as if you know what will be written, but in truth you have no control over it. Before Hitler commited suicide, he delusionally viewed himself as some sort of supreme power. He thought that he would be written down as a martyr because of his "sacrifices." He no doubtable viewed himself as more "pure" than othe...