W’r’t ‘n ‘nt’r’ ‘rt’cl’ W’th N’ V’wls Ch’ll’ng’

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-bs-l-t- M-dn-ss?

‘s wr’t’ng ‘n ‘nt’r’ ‘rt’cl’ w’th”t v’w’ls ‘bs’l’t’ m’dn’ss? ‘f y” ‘r’ ‘ m’d’rn ‘ngl’sh r”d’r l”k’ng ‘t th’s bl’g p’st ‘rr’t’t’d ‘nd c’nf’s’d ‘s t’ h’w s’ch ‘ b’w’ld’r’ng ‘d” ‘v’n c’m’ t’ m’ m’nd, th’n ‘bs’l’t’ly! M’r’ ‘n th’s l’t’r. T’chn’c’lly, th’s wr’te-‘p ‘ts’lf w”ld cl’ss’fy ‘s ‘ bl’g p’st r’th’r th’n ‘n ‘rt’clv, b’t y” g’t the p”nt. Th’t ‘s ‘f y” h’v’ n’t cl’ck’d ‘w” ‘n fr’str’t”n ‘lr”d’. H’v’ c”r’g’? C’r”’s? K”p r”d’ng ‘nd s” h’w l’ng y” l’st.

L’ng”g’s W’th N’ V’w’ls

D’p’nd’ng ‘n h’w f’m’l”r y” ‘r’ w’th ‘th” l’ng”g’s, y” m” ‘lr”d’ kn’w th’t s’m’ l’ng”g’s ‘nc’ d’d n’t wr’t’ d’wn th”r v’wls! ‘f y”r m’th’r t’ng” h’pp’ns t’ b’ fr’m th’t ‘f th’ ‘fr’-‘s”t’c f’m’ly, y” w’ll b’ v’ry f’m’l”r w’th th’s m’tt’r. Y” s”, ‘nc”nt H’br’w, ‘nc”nt ‘g’pt”n, ‘nd ‘nc”nt ‘r’b’c d’d n’t w”t’ d’wn th”r v’w’ls. M’d’rn H’br’w d”s wr’t’ d’wn v’w’ls, b’t ‘ h”r th’t m’d’rn ‘r’b’c r’p’rt’dl’ d”s n’t ‘lw”s wr’t’ d’wn v’w’ls, d” t’ th’ ‘bj’d wr’t’ng s’st’m. ‘nt’r’st’ng ‘f tr”. ‘s f’r th’ c’se ‘f ‘g’pt”n, n’w kn’wn ‘s C’pt’c, y’s, th’y d’ wr’t’ d’wn ‘ll ‘f th”r v’w’ls. N’, th’y n’ l’ng’r ‘sv th”r m’j’st’c, b”’t’f’l h”r’glyph’cs, b’t th’ m’r’ pr’ct’c’l Gr”k ‘lph’b’t. C’pt’c ‘ls’ ‘s’s ‘ f’w s’mb’ls fr’m D’m’t’c f’r s”nds th’t th’ Gr”k ‘lph’b’t d”s n’t c’v’r. Th’r’ m’y b’ m’r’ l’ng”g’s l’k’ th’s, b’t th’s’ ‘r’ th’ ‘nl’ l’ng”g’s th’t ‘ kn’w ‘f fr’m th’ t’p ‘f m’ h”d.

‘ngl’sh W’th”t V’w’ls ‘s H’rd

Th’r’ ‘r’ v’ry f’w ‘ngl’sh w’rds w’th”t v’w’ls. Th’r’f’r’, wr’t’ng w’th”t v’w’ls ‘n ‘ngl’sh ‘s v’ry h’rd ‘nd ‘nn’t’r’l f’r ‘ngl’sh ‘s’rs. Th’t s”d, ‘t ‘s n’t ‘mp’ss’bl’ th’nks t’ th’ f’ct th’t ‘ngl’sh d”s n’t h’v’ l’ngth’ c’nj’g’t”ns, n’r ‘s ‘t ‘ggl’t’n’t’v’. C’n y” ‘m’g’n’ l’ng”g’s l’k’ L’t’n? L’t’n ‘n  h”v’l’ ‘nfl’ct’d l’ng”g’ ‘nd h’s pl’nt’ ‘f v’w’ls. R”d’ng L’t’n wr’tt’n w’th”t v’w’ls ‘s s”d t’ b’ v’rt”ll’ ‘mp’ss’bl’! ‘ c’n ‘m’g’n’ th’ s’m’ b”ng tr” f’r ‘th’r v’w’l-r’ch l’ng”g’s l’k’ ‘t’l”n, ‘ m’d’rn R’m’nc’ l’ng”g’ th’t ‘lm’st ‘lw’ys ‘nds ‘n v’w’ls. 

”s’ F’r S’n’-T’b’t’c L’ng”g’s

S’n’-T’b’t’c l’ng”g’s th’t ‘s’ H’nz’ f’r th’ wr’t’ng s’st’m w”ld p’ss th’ ” N’ V’w’ls Ch’ll’ng’ ” w’th fl”ng c’l”rs. Wh’? B’c”s’ th’y d’ n’t ‘v’n h’v’ ‘n ‘lph’b’t! H’nz’ ‘r’ l’g’gr’ms, m”n’ng th’t th’y ‘r’ s’mb’ls th’t r’pr’s’nt w’rds ‘nd s”nds. ‘v’n th”gh J’p’n’s’ ‘ls’ ‘s’s H’nz’, c’ll’d K’nj’ ‘n th”r n’t’v’ l’ng”g’, J’p’n’s’ w”ld f’c’ s’gn’f’c’nt d’ff’c’lt’ w’th th’s ch’ll’ng’ f’r 2 r”s’ns: 1. ‘t ‘s h’ghl’ ‘ggl’t’n’t’v’. 2. Th’ J’p’n’s’ s’ll’b’r”s, K’t’k’n’ ‘nd H’r’g’n’ ‘r’ 99% d’p’nd’nt ‘n v’w’ls. Th’ ‘nl’ K’n’ th’t d”s n’t ‘nd ‘n ‘ v’w’l ‘s th”r “N” s”nd. ‘nd b’c”s’ K’n’ ‘s ‘xt’ns’v’l’ ‘s’d t’ r’pr’s’nt gr’mm’t’c’l p’rt’cl’s, s’m’ w’rds, ‘nd c’nj’g’t’vns, m’d’rn J’p’n’s’ c’nn’t t’k’ ‘n th’s ch’ll’ng’. K” w’rd: m’d’rn J’p’n’s’. ‘t ‘n’ p”nt, J’p’n’s’ w’s wr’tt’n ‘nt’r’l’ ‘n H’nz’. ‘f ‘ J’p’n’s’ p’rs’n h’pp’ns t’ kn’w h’w t’ wr’t’ ‘n th’s ‘nc’vnt K’n’-fr” st’l’, ‘nl’ th’n w”ld th’y b’ ‘bl’ t’ p’ss th’s t’st ”s’l’.

Wh’ Th”gh?

Wh’ n’t? C’rt”nl’, th’t w”ld n’t b’ ‘ s’t’sf”ng ‘nsw’r. Th’ r”l r”s’n wh’ ‘ f’n’ll’ d’c’d’d t’ th’s, ‘s b’c”s’ ‘ w’nt’d t’ s” wh’t ‘t w”ld b’ l’k’ t’ wr’t’ ‘n ‘nt’r’ p’st w’th”t v’w’ls. S’m’t’m’ ‘g’, wh’n ‘ w’s r’s”rch’ng ‘nc”nt l’ng”g’s f’r f’n, ‘ l”rn’d th’t s’m’ ‘nc”nt l’ng”g’s, m”nl’ ‘fr’-‘s”t’c, d’d n’t wr’t’ v’w’ls. ‘ f”nd th’t b’th ‘nt’r’st’ng ‘nd cr’z’ ‘t th’ s’m’ t’m’. Th’n ‘n’ d”, ‘ d’c’d’d t’ ‘tt’mpt th’s w’th th’ l’ng”g’ ‘ kn’w: ‘ngl’sh. B’f’r’ ‘ st’rt’d th’s bl’g p’st, ‘ w’s c’nfl’ct’d ‘n r’g’rds t’ h’w ‘ w”ld g’ ‘b”t w’th m’rk’ng th’ m’ss’ng v’w’ls. ‘ ‘n’t”ll’ th”ght ‘f f’ll’ng th’ ‘mpt’ v’w’l sp’c’s w’th qu’st”n m’rks l’k’ th’s f’r ‘x’mpl’: V?w?s r?pl?c?d w?th qu?st??n m?rks. ‘ th”ght th’t th’ us’ ‘f qu’st”n m’rks w”ld m’ke r”d’ng ‘v’n m’r’ d’ff’c’lt th’n ‘t ‘lr”d’ ‘s w’th th’ l’ss ‘f wr’tt’n v’w’ls. ‘ ‘ls’ c’ns’d’r’d j’st l”v’ng n’th’ng ‘t ‘ll, b’t q”ckl’ r”l’z’d th’t ‘t w”ld b’ ‘v’n w’rs’. ‘ f’n’ll’ d’c’d’d t’ r’pl’c’ th’ m’ss’ng v’w’ls w’th ‘p’str’ph’s. ‘nt’r’st’ngl’, wh’l’ ‘n ‘p’str’ph’ ‘s n’rm’ll’ ‘s’d t’ gr’mm’t’c’ll’ m’rk ‘ p’ss’ss”n ‘r m’k’ ‘ pl’r’l n’mb’r, ‘t c’n ‘pp’r’ntl’ ‘ls’ ‘nd’c’t’ th’ ‘m’ss”n ‘f 1 ‘r m’r’ l’tt’rs. ‘ d’d n’t kn’w th’t ‘nt’l t’d”! M’k’s ‘v’n m’r’ s’ns’ th’t ‘ d’c’d’d t’ ‘s’ ‘t f’r v’w’l ‘m’ss”n ‘n th’s ‘rt’cl’.

‘n’m’t’p”’c S”nds

‘ n’mb’r ‘f ‘n’m’t’p”’c s”nds ‘n ‘ngl’sh n’t’r’ll’ h’v’ n’ v’w’ls l’k’ “Pffff”, “Tch”, “Ssssshhh”, “Brrrrrrrrr” ‘nd ‘th’rs. Crwth, ‘n ‘nc”nt C’lt’c ‘nstr’m’nt, d”s n’t h’v’ ‘n v’w’ls ‘n th’t w’rd.

Y

Wh’t ‘b”t th’ l’tt’r Y? ‘s ‘t n’t ‘ v’w’l? Th’ L’tt’r Y c’n f’nct”n l’k’ v’w’l wh’n pl’c’d wh’r’ ‘ v’w’l w”ld b’, ‘sp’c”ll’ ‘t th’ ‘nd ‘f w’rds l’k’ dr’. F’r th’s r”s’n, ‘t f’nct”ns l’k’ ‘ v’w’l m’st ‘f th’ t’m’, h’ncv wh’ y” c’nn’t s” ‘t ‘n th’s ‘rt’cl’, ‘xc’pt wh’n ‘ ‘m r’f’rr’ng t’ th’ l’tt’r ‘ts’lf. Th’t s”d, wh’n th’ l’tt’r Y st’rts ‘ff ‘ w’rd l’k’ ‘n “Y’rd” ‘r gl’d’s w’th’n ‘ w’rd l’k’ “L’wyer” th’n ‘t tr’l’ f’nct”ns l’k’ ‘ c’ns’n’nt. S’ ‘t ‘s tr”. Y r”lly ‘s s’m’t’m’s ‘ v’w’l, ‘nd s’m’t’m’s n’t.

K”p G”ng?

H’v’ y” r”d th’s f’r? D’d y” st’p h’lfw”? D’d r”d’ng th’s p’rh’ps ‘v’n g’v’ y” ‘ h”d’ch’? ‘ d”bt ‘t. ‘n’b’d’ wh’ c’nn’t st’nd th’s w”ld b’ sm’rt ‘n”gh t’ ‘x’t th’s wr’t’-‘p b’f’r’ d”ng d’m’g’ t’ th’ms’lv’s. ‘n ‘ f’n’l n’t’, ‘ w”ld l’k’ t’ t’lk ‘b”t c’ts, d’gs, b’rds, p’th’ns, ‘l’ctr’c c’rs, ‘nd sm‘rtph‘n‘s. R’m’mb’r, th’s ‘s M’ll’nn”m R’v’r ‘ft’r ‘ll. ‘n’ d”s n’t s’mpl’ r’w th”r b”t d’wn M’ll’nn”m R’v’r w’th”t s”’ng ‘ wr’t’-‘p ‘f 1 ‘f th’s’ th’m’s. Y’s, th’r’ ‘r’ ‘th’r t’p’cs ‘f c”rs’, b’t m’ R’v’r h’s ‘ l’t ‘f ‘n’m’l ‘nd t’chn’l’g’c’l t’p’cs ‘n ‘t. S’m’ m’s’c’l ‘nstr’m’nts, w”t! Sp”k’ng ‘f th’t, ‘ d’ b’l”v’ th’t ‘s h’s b”n ‘ v’ry l’ng t’m’ s’nc’ ‘ h’v’ t’p’d s’m’th’ng ‘b”t m’s’c’l ‘nstr’m’nts. P’rh’ps ‘ sh”ld tr’ t’ g’t m’r’ m’s’c’l wr’t’-‘ps d’n’ ‘n 2023. Th’s y”r, 2022, ‘ t’ld m’s’lf th’t ‘ w”ld ‘ncl’d’ m’r’ t’p’cs ‘n ‘n’m’ls ‘nd n’t’r’. Wh’l’ ‘ d’d p’t ‘p m’r’ p’sts ‘n ‘n’m’ls ‘nd n’t’r’, ‘ d’ f”l th’t ‘ c”ld h’v’ d’n’ ‘v’n m’r’. 2023 m”b’? W’ sh’ll s”. Th’t ‘s ‘ll f’r n’w. 

This Blog Post With Vowels Included

Absolute Madness?

Is writing an entire article without vowels absolute madness? If you are a modern English reader looking at this blog post irritated and confused as to how such a bewildering idea even came to my mind, then absolutely! More on this later. Technically, this write-up itself would classify as a blog post rather than an article, but you get the point. That is if you have not clicked away in frustration already. Have courage? Curious? Keep reading and see how long you last.

Languages With No Vowels

Depending on how familiar you are with other languages, you may already know that some languages once did not write down their vowels! If your mother tongue happens to be from that of the Afro-Asiatic family, you will be very familiar with this matter. You see, Ancient Hebrew, Ancient Egyptian, and Ancient Arabic did not write down their vowels. Modern Hebrew does write down vowels, but I hear that modern Arabic reportedly does not always write down vowels, due to the Abjad writing system. Interesting if true. As for the case of Egyptian, now known as Coptic, yes, they do write down all of their vowels. No, they no longer use their majestic, beautiful hieroglyphics, but the more practical Greek alphabet. Coptic also uses a few symbols from Demotic for sounds that the Greek alphabet does not cover. There may be more languages like this, but these are the only languages that I know of from the top of my head. 

English Without Vowels Is Hard

There are very few English words without vowels. Therefore, writing without vowels in English is very hard and unnatural for English users. That said, it is not impossible thanks to the fact that English does not have lengthy conjugations, nor is it agglutinative. Can you imagine languages like Latin? Latin is a heavily inflected language and has plenty of vowels. Reading Latin written without vowels is said to be virtually impossible! I can imagine the same being true for other vowel-rich languages like Italian, a modern Romance language that almost always ends in vowels.

Easy For Sino-Tibetic Languages

Sino-Tibetic languages that use Hanzi for the writing system would pass the “No Vowels Challenge” with flying colours. Why? Because they do not even have an alphabet! Hanzi are logograms, meaning that they are symbols that represent words and sounds. Even though Japanese also uses Hanzi, called Kanji in their native language, Japanese would face significant difficulty with this challenge for 2 reasons: 1. It is highly agglutinative. 2. The Japanese syllabaries, Katakana and Hiragana are 99% dependent on vowels. The only Kana that does not end in a vowel is their “N” sound. And because Kana is extensively used to represent grammatical particles, some words, and conjugations, modern Japanese cannot take on this challenge. Key word: modern Japanese. At one point, Japanese was written entirely in Hanzi. If a Japanese person happens to know how to write in this ancient kana-free style, only then would they be able to pass this test easily.

Why Though?

Why not? Certainly, that would not be a satisfying answer. The real reason why I finally decided to this, is because I wanted to see what it would be like to write an entire post without vowels. Sometime ago, when I was researching ancient languages for fun, I learned that some ancient languages, mainly Afro-Asiatic, did not write vowels. I found that both interesting and crazy at the same time. Then one day, I decided to attempt this with the language I know: English. Before I started this blog post, I was conflicted in regards to how I would go about with marking the missing vowels. I initially thought of filling the empty vowel spaces with question marks like this for example: V?w?ls r?pl?c?d w?th qu?st??n m?rks. I thought that the use of question marks would make reading even more difficult than it already is with the loss of written vowels. I also considered just leaving nothing at all, but quickly realized that it would be even worse. I finally decided to replace the missing vowels with apostrophes. Interestingly, while an apostrophe is normally used to grammatically mark a possession or make a plural number, it can apparently also indicate the omission of 1 or more letters. I did not know that until today! Makes even more sense that I decided to use it for vowel omission in this article.

Onomatopoeic Sounds

A number of onomatopoeic sounds in English naturally have no vowels like “Pffff”, “Tch”, “Ssssshhh”, “Brrrrrrrrr” and others. Crwth, an Ancient Celtic instrument, does not have in vowels in that word.

Y

What about the letter Y? Is it not a vowel? The Letter Y can function like vowel when placed where a vowel would be, especially at the end of words like dry. For this reason, it functions like a vowel most of the time, hence why you cannot see it in this article, except when I am referring to the letter itself. That said, when the letter Y starts off a word like in “Yard” or glides within a word like “Lawyer” then it truly functions like a consonant. So it is true. Y really is sometimes a vowel, and sometimes not. 

Keep Going?

Have you read this far? Did you stop halfway? Did reading this perhaps even give you a headache? I doubt it. Anybody who cannot stand this would be smart enough to exit this write-up before doing damage to themselves. On a final note, I would like to talk about cats, dogs, birds, pythons, electric cars, and smartphones. Remember, this is Millennium River after all. One does not simply row their boat down Millennium River without seeing a write-up of 1 of those themes. Yes, there are other topics of course, but my River has a lot of animal and technological topics in it. Some musical instruments, wait! Speaking of that, I do believe that is has been a very long time since I have typed something about musical instruments. Perhaps I should try to get more musical write-ups done in 2023. This year, 2022, I told myself that I would include more topics on animals and nature. While did put up more posts on animals and nature, I do feel that I could have done even more. 2023 maybe? We shall see. That is all for now.

Inspiration Behind This Post: Compilation And Explanation March 2018 – May 2019

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What Happened?

Between Uropygial Gland: What is it? and up to Webpages: Laurentian Wireless, they all originally had an “Inspiration Behind This Post” section. From Webpages: Red Maple Greater Toronto Area Home Renovation Group and onward I stopped putting it in. Now, I have decided to remove it from all of my writings. Why? As time went on, it began to look increasingly unprofessional in my eyes. This was especially true for articles. I was originally going to officially launch my services back in January or February this year, with the latest being March. I then put it off to take a little more time to properly finish the remaining parts of the portfolio project. Also, to get a few additional blog posts done.

With me planning to finally launch my services this month, I need the website to reflect the professionalism my brand touts. Having that section in articles, webpages, and other categories, detracts from the nature of the post. Maybe some might disagree, and think that it was a nice, unique touch. Either way, I have now decided to compile them all into this post from the first to the latest published on May 03, 2019. For the ones that did not have any, I will create it here. For all posts published after May 03, 2019, I will not post their inspirational sections here, but probably within another compilation. No guarantee, though. For now, enjoy my source of motivation for 40+ writings.

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: Welcome to Millennium Creek!

Ah, this was my very first post on the website. The creek had been silent and lifeless for two years, before it started flowing with life. How things have changed between then and now! I posted this as a sign of interest towards developing the website, but was not exactly sure when do it. This leads right up to the next post: Rediscovering its Purpose

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: Rediscovering its Purpose

This post was created as an affirmation to turning Millennium Creek into a professional website focused on various types of write-ups. It goes into detail about why I came back to it, what I planned to do it, and more.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Uropygial Gland: What is it?

I have been aware of the basic functions of a bird’s oil gland for quite some time. However, I have not really thought much about this subtle gland. This has changed when I had handled a budgerigar some time this year (2018), and noticed that its gland looked odd for a small bird. This then prompted me to go and learn more about this seemingly simple orifice. I wanted to learn more about the function, appearance, and diseases of the uropygial gland.

Inspiration Behind This Article: 2018 All-electric Cars Canada

For this blog entry, my motivation stems from my love for vehicles, particularly all-electric ones. Electric car offerings are truly getting more exciting, as we go further into the future.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Alto Clef: Does it Have Any Real Use?

As anyone would be able to tell from the way I went into such passionate detail with parts of this post, I am really into band instruments. So much, that it was only natural that I would create this post as part of the Millennium Creek restoration effort for this week. Why the alto clef? It is an underrated clef that it grossly misunderstood.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Will America Eventually Ban All Chinese Smartphones?

I wanted to do a post on smartphones, but could not decide what exactly I wanted to write about. The latest flagship available? iOS?  LG’s plummeting smartphone sales? I then thought about Huawei and ZTE with the legal troubles they are going through. I thought that this would make an excellent, interesting, informative, provocative subject matter to discuss. Do I personally think that the United States will eventually ban all Chinese smartphones? If by ban, we are talking about a total ban as in no importation, forbidding sales, and blocking them off from American cellular towers, then no.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Racism in Canada 2018: Getting Better or Worse?

This week, I knew that I wanted to do a post on racism/multiculturalism on Friday. In fact, I had that determined before I even knew which topics I precisely wanted to cover for the previous blog posts. Racism is a serious issue that must not be ignored and swept under a rug. It is a problem that prohibits prosperity and safety. We must acknowledge that it exists, talk about it, and seek to eradicate it whenever we can. Canada may fare better than many other places in the world, but there is still much work and improvement that needs to be done.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Keystroke logging

Cybersecurity is not a glamorous topic, but is very important. I felt that this article deserved to be resurfaced, since it contains enough valuable information in a manageable format.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Encrypting Your Smartphone’s MicroSD Card

Despite being originally written in 2016, microSD card slots are still a valuable component in phones that support them. This article contains a lot of valuable information, majority of which is still relevant in 2018. For this reason, it deserved to be polished, reformatted and uploaded onto Millennium Creek, giving it a far better chance to flow and get the views it deserves.

Inspiration Behind This Article: China Dress: Simply a Dress or More Than That?

Keziah Daum. Who is that you may ask? Perhaps you are well informed about this story already, but maybe not. Keziah is a regular 18-year-old, American citizen from Woods Cross High School, Utah, United States of America. She is a Caucasian person that decided to wear a qipao for her 2018 prom. Why? She personally thought it would be a beautiful, unique dress to wear for the special event. Unfortunately, after posting photographs on social media, a Twitter user tweeted, “My culture is NOT your ****amn prom dress” Now based on what you already might know, or what you have recently read from this blog post: are there any restrictions for foreigners wearing a qipao? No, none at all. There is a reason why YesStyle, Modern Qipao, and Chinese Clothing Online ship to plenty of non-Asian countries. Even Amazon. This story has since caused a debate on whether or not, it was really cultural appropriation. Most have sensibly agreed that it was not. Even though the criticism was uncalled for, this story inspired me to research and learn more about what I simply always called the “China dress“.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Starbucks Anti-bias Training Day

I did not have plans to write such a blog post today. But when the headlines came up about Starbuck’s official anti-bias training taking place across over 8,000 American outlets, it inspired me to do another blog post on racism. Though the incident was very unfortunate and should have never happened, the story, follow-ups behind it, and all the media surrounding it, have been very interesting. It has sparked a lot of debate over the lingering presence of racial profiling, especially towards Black people.

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: Fiat Chrysler Automotobiles: June 2018 Discussion

When I heard that Fiat Chrysler was announcing a new five-year plan on June 1st, I knew that I was definitely going to do a blog post on it. I wanted to take a look at what was said, the rumors, and of course my opinions on this. The latter, not-so-surprisingly, ended up being the longest section of this entry. Which Fiat Chrysler brand is your favourite? How do you feel about their new five-year plan? The departure of Sergio Marchionne in April 2019? Comment down below and share your thoughts.

Inspiration Behind This Article: The Tokay Gecko

This post was originally supposed to be my unpublished 200-worded piece “Are Tokay Geckos Too Violent For Beginners?” But it did not happen. The original piece was not complete garbage, but was also not up to Millennium Creek standards and quality. I figured that if I were going to put up an information piece on tokay geckos, that I should expand it and include much more useful information. Why tokay geckos in particular? I wanted to do an article on an exotic animal of the sort. The tokay gecko’s stunning colours and feisty personality made it a good choice.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Indigenous Peoples of Canada

A little bit back, I created a rough notepad titled “Millennium Creek Upcoming Topics May-June 2018” There, I brainstormed a list of topics and types of writings I wanted to do over the summer. It has since been moved to a word file titled, “Ultimate Millennium Creek Writing Plan For June-July-August 2018” On this word file, I have laid out all the posts and different types of writing styles I plan to do. Since I had the topic of Indigenous Canadians in the notepad for some time, I decided to go with it. Writing about Indigenous Canadians has been an interesting, eye-opening, refresher about the people I live among. The people that have inhabited this country long before foreign settlers from other continents have arrived.

Inspiration Behind This Article: Health Benefits of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

As mentioned in the previous post, a summer plan was created for the types of writings and topics I wanted to do. While it did not explicitly state which topics or types of writing I was going to do, extra virgin olive oil was one that was planned for quite some time. Why this topic? I was searching around the Internet one day, and stumbled across a post that went into the lengthy health benefits of extra virgin olive oil. I then decided that I definitely wanted to do my own post on this topic. I wanted to add my take on it, and include information and tidbits that the others have failed to mention.

Inspiration Behind This Article: What is SaaS?

While I have been seeing the term “SaaS” for quite some time, it was not until more recently that I would do something more about it. I decided to add it to my writing plan of future topics. Now here it is on the Internet. Writing and researching it has given me a much better understanding of what it is, and more awareness of the companies that use or offer it. It probably should not come as a surprise, that I do prefer one-time purchases over subscription models when it comes onto computer software. I can see why businesses go with SaaS for the benefits discussed earlier. For me, one-time purchases suit my needs. What about you? Do you prefer subscription models or one-time purchases?

Inspiration Behind This Article: The Difference Between Nationality Versus Ethnicity

Aside from it being a planned summer article, I wanted to do this post to clarify the difference of these terms. There are many articles on the Internet that either have them mixed up, or written entirely inaccurately. This is not to say that mine is the best, and only one worth of reading. It is not. But, at the same time, it was thoughtfully and factually put together to give it credibility and quality. Found this article helpful, informative or interesting? Drop a comment below or share it with your friends and relatives.

Inspiration Behind This Critique: Royal Bank of Canada Website Critique

A continuation of the plan summer plan to put up various categories of writings on Millennium Creek. If you read the beginning of this critique, you will know that Canadian Tire and Havelaar Canada will be appearing on Millennium Creek to join RBC as part of the portfolio for non-endorsed website critiques.

Inspiration Behind This Critique: Canadian Tire Website Critique

This write-up is the second out of the three non-endorsed website critiques, being done for a portfolio project. Why did I choose Canadian Tire of all online retailers? Well, there were a lot of other online retailers that I could have went with. For the second critique, I wanted to choose an online retail that was based in Canada, that also has a physical store. For those two reasons, it should be no surprise that Canadian Tire was one of the first places that came to mind, so I went with it. Readers, what are your impressions of these critiques so far? Comment and share your thoughts.

Inspiration Behind This Critique: Havelaar Canada Website Critique

This write-up is the third and final out of the three non-endorsed website critiques, being done for a portfolio project. If you have read my previous articles pertained to automobiles, then my inspiration behind this post should be very clear: my love all-electric cars. As such, I originally thought about doing a critique for Tesla. But then, I thought that the Tesla already has enough press and attention surrounding them, so I thought about doing Jaguar. Now Jaguar may only have one all-electric vehicle in the lineup, but the company as whole was attractive enough to make me consider it. I was then torn between Tesla and Jaguar. I then decided to do neither of those two, and went with the lesser known, Canada-based, Havelaar Canada. Turned out to be a good choice. If it does make it to production, I hope there will be a 4-door crew cab option.

Inspiration Behind This Essay: Is It Acceptable For Women To Breastfeed In Public? Yes

Upon finishing the articles and website critiques for the Summer Project, now Autumn Portfolio 2018 Project, the next part of it is argumentative essays. Seeing as though I had already done this particular topic originally on May 30, 2016, I figured that it made lots of sense to upload it as the first choice for this part of the project. For the argumentative essays I cover in this project, I do plan to cover both “For” and “Against” *insert topic*. I plan to do three topics, bringing it to six essays, or six sides depending on how you look at it. For those of you that hated doing argumentative essay in school, you would probably think this is madness. Truth is, as long as the subject matter is not complex, and you understand the format of argumentative essays, they are actually quite easy to do. Or am I just saying that because I am an experienced writer? Either way, drop a comment on this topic and let me know what you think of public nursing.

Inspiration Behind This Essay: Is it acceptable for women to breastfeed in public? No

This essay serves as the voice against public nursing. For the side that supports public nursing, click here. Now that both sides of this subject matter have been explored, I am almost certain that you must be wondering how do I, Millennium Creek, feel about women breastfeeding in public? Well, it should not come as a surprise, but it surprises me that this is even a debate in the first place. As far as I am concerned, I do not know of any mother that would flagrantly expose their entire chest with the intention of creating shock and disgust. Virtually nobody would want to put themselves and their child in unnecessary danger. A mother nursing her infant should be treated as casually as somebody drinking from a water bottle to satisfy their thirst.

Inspiration Behind This Essay: Should Canadians Be Required To Know Both French And English Upon High School Graduation? Yes

I honestly do not remember why I chose this as one of the subjects I wanted to cover for the essays part of the portfolio. I do remember going through lists of good topics to do for an argumentative essay. I do not recall specifically seeing anything titled “Should Canadians Be Required to Know Both French and English Upon High School Graduation?” I believe that I did run into something that had to do with language and bilingualism. From there, I decided to go with this one. Do you also agree that Canadians should know both languages by the time they graduate? Type your comments and let me know.

Inspiration Behind This Essay: Should Canadians Be Required To Know Both French And English Upon High School Graduation? No

This essay serves as the voice that is against forced bilingualism on high school students. For the voice that supports it, click here. Do you agree with the points in this essay? I strongly suspect that most people would side with this voice, but I might be wrong? Let me know by leaving a comment. “Should Bilingualism Be A Graduation Requirement In Canada?” Perhaps would have been a nicer sounding title for these essays.

Inspiration Behind This Essay: Is Technology Limiting Creativity? Yes

This is the 3rd and final topic for the argumentative essay part of the portfolio project of 2018. I came around to choosing this topic by browsing a list of good essay topics. Why this one in particular? Though you may very well know at this point that I am into electronics, it is also because of how interesting and thought-provocative it is. In fact, I honestly feared that I would not know how to go about writing this. Thankfully, it came through and I managed to get this side of the topic done. Do you agree that technology is limiting creativity? Comment and let me know.

Inspiration Behind This Essay: Is Technology Limiting Creativity? No

Now that the “No” voice of this essay topic is complete, this marks the completion of the essay part of my 2018 portfolio project. As explained on the “Yes” voice, my inspiration behind choosing this topic for an argument, was the result of two things:

1. Browsing through a list of topics to do for an argumentative essay
2. My love for technology

With that said, it is obvious that I believe technology is not limiting creativity. The problem is people themselves not knowing how to be creative, and where to draw their sources of inspiration. My own website, Millennium Creek, is a good example of creativity that would not have been possible without the appropriate technology in place. Do you also agree that technology is not limiting creativity? Or have you sided with the “Yes” voice? Comment and let me know. While some people would love a world without smartphones, computers and televisions, our lives would be significantly harder in too many ways.

Inspiration Behind This Creative Piece: Speech: Let It Become A Legal Requirement To Label Genetically Modified Organisms In Canada

I do not think I have ever written any speech of the sort before. Whether it be intended for school, work or business. The idea of writing a speech definitely brought feelings of uncertainty, but I still did not cancel the idea. The completion of this speech marks the first write-up of the Creative Writing part of my portfolio part. Why a speech? Why this topic? As to why I would want a speech, it is because I thought it would be a valuable, challenging write-up to have in my portfolio. As for my topic of choice, I simply searched around for good speech topics. Interestingly, what happens to be a good topic for persuasive essays, also happens to be an excellent topic for speeches. For that reason, it is no wonder I have seen some people go as far to call speeches “spoken essays”. What do you think? How do you feel about this topic? Comment and let me know.

Inspiration Behind This Creative Piece: Beautiful Blue Creek (Haiku)

A Haiku was originally going to be the first write-up for the Creative Writing part of my portfolio project. Instead, I opted to write a speech first, making this the 2nd writing in the category. Why a Haiku? The last time I have written a Haiku probably dates back to elementary school. Yes, that is indeed a frighteningly long time!

Much of the content on Millennium Creek tends to be articles or writings that often tip 1,000 words. Doing a short Haiku on creeks, felt refreshing and very different. I am quite a fan of the simplicity and beauty of Haiku. I may create more of them in 2019. For now, I will proceed to working on the next creative piece.

For those of you that absolutely love Haiku, I recommend you have a look at Basho: The Complete Haiku, On Haiku, and maybe this mug? Have you ever written a Haiku? Perhaps you frequently write Haiku? Comment and let me know.

Inspiration Behind This Creative Piece: Walk of the Wilderness

Is this a story? Or is it a poem? A poetic story? Those are the questions that frequently came up in my mind while I was writing this. Truth be told, this is supposed to be a “long poem”. It probably might not look like it to some, but that was the intention. It is neither a fictional or non-fiction story. Now because poetry admittedly is not my specialty, there may be some debates on how good it is, or how you might personally disagree with my classification of it this work. Walk of the Wilderness marks the 3rd creation of the Creative Writing part of my portfolio project. It was supposed to be the 2nd, but if you already read the “Inspirational” section of my Haiku, you will have the answer to why it is not.

So aside from creating this as a “look what I can do” sort of thing, you must be wondering about what the actual inspiration of this particular poem is, right? It happened when I tasked myself with the objective to complete a third Creative Writing piece. It was originally going to be a write-up of one of my real dreams. I could not decide which dream to write about. I did not want to waste too much time on it, because 2018 was coming to an end very soon. I wanted to get the Creative Writings done before Christmas. I then decided to just write one massive, story-like poem about a brief dream belonging to no one, themed around walking through the wilderness. I did not plan, nor even look at other poems for inspiration. I just threw myself in front of the keyboard, brainstormed the title, and wrote whatever came to my mind.

As anyone can tell, it is advisable to plan and get inspiration when writing poetry. It makes it more organized and refined. Or at least I think so. Well, I suppose writing whatever floats up also has its perks, too. Particularly, if you are trying to really flex that originality muscle. What did you think about this long poem? Think it does not deserved to be called such? Feels more like a story?

Inspiration Behind This Creative Piece: What Love is This?

This long piece falls into the same category of my previous Walk of the Wilderness, classifying as a long poem. If you view it as a series of short poetic stories, I will not blame you for seeing it that way. Now that aside, What Love Is This? is the 4th and final creation of the Creative Writing part of my portfolio project. What you will not know about this write-up, is the fact that it was not supposed to even come into being. In fact, I was originally going to stop the Creative Writing portfolio after writing #3. But suddenly, I felt a strong desire to create just one more long poem, before calling it complete. I am quite glad I did.

Why love? I figured that if I was going to write poems, that I had to do at least one love theme. Sounds like such a cliché thing to do, but the urge was strong. Very strong. Like Walk of the Wilderness, What Love Is This? was written in the same manner: placed myself in front of the keyboard, brainstormed a little, and just let my fingers do the rest. As a result, you may either find the poem adorable or creative, or very uncool.

Inspiration Behind The Product Descriptions From an Old Portfolio

I was originally going to start the 2019 portfolio project with the following writing categories: Blog posts and copywriting. I then had a change of heart and revised it to be product descriptions and copywriting, while making the blog posts optional. The reason is because I am going to be officially selling my services in the coming weeks. Likely in February, but possibly March. While my services have already been available for some time, I have never posted them officially and openly on social media.

Back in 2018, I completed articles, website critiques, argumentative essays, creative pieces, and the occasional blog post. Blog posts are nice and all, but they have not been a focus on Millennium Creek. I believe that getting product descriptions and copywriting into my portfolio sooner, would make it look far more attractive than common, regular blogs posts.

Seeing as though  I had already completed a write-up of original descriptions a few years ago, it made sense to tidy them up, and publish them as the first for this category. And yes, I am aware that writing product descriptions is a form of copywriting. By “copywriting” I have web pages in mind for the next category.

Inspiration Behind The 2019 Product Descriptions: Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and iPhone XS Max Accessories

The completion of this makes it the 2nd write-up of the Product Descriptions part of the portfolio project. The 1st was Product Descriptions From an Old Portfolio. Creating these names and descriptions from scratch was no easy task. I took a look at Google Maps and other products to get an idea for names and certain technical details. Even then, it still took some work. Nevertheless, completing this gave me some valuable experience and insight about product copy.

Why the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and iPhone XS Max? Those two are among the most recognizable high-end devices in the world, making them a sensible choice to write portfolio descriptions for. Of course, there are many other fantastic devices out there. Some of which you can argue are even better. And finally, I would love to know what your top three picks would be if these products were real. Comment down below.

Inspiration Behind The 2019 Product Descriptions: Kaskawulsh Men’s Fashion

Fashion is a big deal because you have to wear clothes. You have to protect your body from the elements of the outdoors. And most obviously, you do not want to violate laws of indecency. Some people care greatly about looking stylish. Others value comfort, while some prefer to just buy whatever is affordable and necessary. The world of fashion is truly, very broad. I could have done men’s luxury fashion, women’s fashion, children’s fashion, ethnic fashion, and many more. For this portfolio piece, I decided to go with an imaginary, upscale brand that is not too expensive for the masses, but is not very cheap either.

Which of these products would you buy if they were real? Comment down below and share your interests.

Inspiration Behind The 2019 Product Descriptions: Cielistellati Fine Musical Instruments

My love for musical instruments. That is the driving reason behind choosing this as the 4th and final subject for the Product Descriptions category of the portfolio project. Woodwinds, brass, orchestral strings, percussion, keyboards — they all have their unique strengths and voices. If Cielistellati instruments were real, and money were no barrier, which of these instruments would you buy? I have a deep feeling that 95% of population would pick piano or violin. Prove me wrong by commenting on what your choice would be. Even if it is piano and violin, there is certainly nothing wrong with that. Both are beautiful when played by musicians who have been trained properly.

For those of you who are Italian, or at least understand the language, Cielistellati comes from the Italian words “cieli stellati” meaning starry skies. Your eyes would indeed be starry with the craftsmanship and sound quality of these instruments, if they were real.

Inspiration Behind The Webpages Of Laurentian Wireless

Every website obviously has webpages. Does every website have good pages? Unfortunately, they do not. I wanted to have a knack at writing webpages. I went ahead to test my webpage content writing skills with this category of the portfolio project. The reason why I chose a wireless carrier, will not be a surprise to any readers who have read most of my write-ups. (Love for smartphones and other electronics!)

Now finally, if Laurentian Wireless were a real company, would you subscribe to them? Or would you prefer to stick to Telus, Koodo, Rogers, Fido, Bell, Virgin Mobile or Freedom Mobile? Comment down below and let me know. I would also like to know what you think of this write-up. Should I have included certain details within pages that I missed? Your constructive feedback is very important to me.

Inspiration Behind The Webpages Red Maple Greater Toronto Area Home Renovation Group

Red Maple Greater Toronto Area Home Renovation Group (Red Maple GTA HRG) is the second write-up within the webpages category of the portfolio project. We all need a good, clean, peaceful house to dwell in. Therefore, this makes home renovation an extremely big industry. So big, that it was only natural that I would include it as one of the 5 webpage topics to go with. And because I am based in Ontario, I chose to go with an Ontarian-themed, imaginary example company.

Inspiration Behind The Webpages Of Wonder Food of 6 Worlds Restaurant

Wonder Food of 6 Worlds Restaurant (WF6WR) is the third write-up within the webpages category of the portfolio project. Not only is the hospitality and tourism industry interesting, it is a huge sector of commerce. When coming up with an imaginary example company, I knew I wanted to include a restaurant, but was not too sure of which theme to go with. Thinking of all the ethnic restaurants around me, I decided to go with a unique, multi-ethnic theme. A little challenging, but I like how it turned out.

Inspiration Behind The Webpages Of Seaforth Serpents

Seaforth Serpents is the fourth write-up within the webpages category of the portfolio project. People love their pets, particularly cats and dogs. While cats and dogs are popular and all, I wanted to go with something a little more niche for the 4th write-up of this area: reptiles, particularly snakes. I originally expected this piece to be quick and easy to type, but it proved me wrong. Animal shop websites actually have a lot of important text that needs to be on their webpages, or you risk numerous complications. Still, I personally love reptiles, so writing this was not uninteresting.

Inspiration Behind The Webpages Of Thunder Things Automotive Group

Thunder Things Automotive Group (TTAG) is the fifth and final write-up within the webpages category of the portfolio project. As mentioned in earlier automotive writings, I love all-electric vehicles, making this a very alluring choice to go with. TTAG may be an imaginary example company, but I really would like to see Canada create its own home-grown brand soon.

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: “Maseromeo” What If Maserati And Alfa Romeo Merged Into One Brand?

As mentioned within the first paragraph of this post, this was originally intended to be a blog post written shortly after completing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: June 2018 Discussion. Why did I still bother with it? Because it was too interesting of a discussion to throw off. Both Maserati and Alfa Romeo are internationally recognized brands that can stir up a variety of emotions.

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: The Truth About Alfa Romeo’s Logo Surprised Me Greatly

My inspiration for this blog post is summed up perfectly within the first paragraph of this post: stumbled across an image with text about the logo, thus leading to me creating an entry all about it.

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: Do I Believe There Is Life On Other Planets?

Without a doubt, the other celestial bodies around us are extremely fascinating. Some believe there is, or was life at some point on them. Others, such as myself, believe they never had or will ever be capable of supporting life. As such, I wanted to create a blog post entirely dedicated to this, and why they cannot support life.

Inspiration Behind This Blog Post: Remote Work Is Not Nonsense; It Is The Way

This blog post may very well be the most passionate-driven entry posted on Millennium Creek. Being someone who believes strongly in remote work, I felt as though I was called to do this when I saw someone write remote work off as nonsense on Twitter. Within the post, I go into plenty of detail about what remote work is and is not.

Feeling Inspired?

This was a ton of text to go through, but I do hope that you managed to read it all. And most importantly, I hope it left you feeling inspired to take some action of the sort. Whether it be reading the write-ups they link to, or creating a write-up inspired from them.

What Love Is This?

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A man is on a walk in the city. It is a beautiful, clean place. The sky is blue and mostly clear. The few clouds are white and lovely. The sun is shining brightly like the radiant star it is. Cars in various colours drive by. The doors of restaurants, banks, retail and other outlets open and close as people leave or enter. Upon going crossing the street, he sees a path to his right, and decides to follow it. Shortly, one of his hands brushes across a sharp part of the fence. Ouch! Pain strikes him, and blood discharges from his veins. He hastily looks all over his garment to find something to deal with the wound. He cannot find anything. He does not know what to do. But then suddenly, a girl wraps her fingers around his wrist. It shocks him slightly, but then when he sees her offer him a bandage and sanitary wipes, he is significantly relieved. Oh, what love is this?

A woman wearing a luxury hat. She is walking along a great wooden bridge, situated above a rapidly flowing river. The sights, the sounds, and the fresh air of the place is revitalizing. About halfway through, she then decides to rest her arms upon the railings to admire the flow of the natural beauty. Unfortunately, a powerful wind comes by and blows her expensive hat off! She tries to chase it, only to have it blow off to the opposite side of the bridge, and straight down into the fast-moving river! She does not know what to do. Worry fills her heart. Will she cry? Will she scream? Should she pull her hairs out? Perhaps she will try not to fret over it too much? Just as she decides to move away from the railing, a cheeky bird zips by and messes up her hair! At that point, she finally unleashes her inner frustration! She screams as if great thunder has fallen on her! A trio of snarky men walking by see this. Having no respect, they laugh, point and jest at her. But then, there is one. There is one man coming from right behind them that tells them stop and think about what they are doing. Ashamed of themselves, they then depart. The man of kindness then inquires about what happened, and restores her mood. Oh, what love is this?

A man is busy typing on his computer. He is trying to complete a business page for work. He successfully completes it, and then saves it to a USB. Having spent his time and focus on work, he nearly forgot that today was the birthday of his fiancée, who is presently overseas visiting a sick relative of hers. Upon leaving the office, he attempts to call her and wish her a happy birthday, only to have the phone shut off. He attempts to power it back on, but no avail. He considers waiting till he gets home, but then decides to do something old-fashioned: write a love letter. He enters a café, writes it, and then drops it off at the post office. Oh, what love is this?

A lone woman is walking through a forest. Despite the scenery of trees, fern, fungi and the occasional wildlife, she does not take them in. They appear grey and dead to her. She walks, and walks. She does not know exactly where she is going. Things could get dangerous. Will she turn back? What is she pursuing? Upon reaching a creek, she stops. She then kneels down and takes a long, serious look at her reflection in the water. She then proceeds to taking a flower next to her and stripping it of its petals. After stripping it of all its beauty, she proceeds to doing the same to another. Halfway through it, a man appears and says, “I am listening. If there is someone you need to talk to right now, I am listening.” Oh, what love is this?

There are 5 men, all saxophonists, that have been tasked to play an original song in front of an audience in a city auditorium. The day has come where they must perform. The first one comes on stage and plays his piece. The audience enjoys his charismatic jazz song, which has caused some of them to dance. The 2nd man comes and plays his piece. His reggae song leaves them with lots of smiles. The 3rd man comes and plays his piece. His country style does not resonate with the entire audience. Nevertheless, they smile and give it much applause. The 4th man comes and plays his piece. The audience is amazed at some of the sounds he produced with an acoustic instrument, during his techno song. And finally, the 5th man nervously enters the stage. He tries hard to swallow fear and anxiety, and hopes that nobody will notice. He manages to pull it off. The audience claps, but the the lack of enthusiasm on their faces, makes him feel as though they are just trying to hide how they really feel. At the end of it, much of the people scatter and go about. The 5th performer finds himself in hall. Emotions of failure and frustration enter him. He clenches onto his keypads. Suddenly he feels a hand and shoulder. He turns and finds a woman smiling at him. She tells him that she loved his piece, how he should not be so hard on himself, and how she would like to get to know him better. Oh, what love is this?

A woman is walking through the desert. It is dry and sunny. Rocks here, rocks there, and cacti dotted around the place. All goes well until a furry, carnivorous mammal seemingly appears from nowhere. She stares at it, and it stares right back. She ponders what is going on its brain. She finds the answer to her question really quickly, when she sees it baring its fangs. She cries out loud and makes a run for it! The animal chases her! She finds herself in front of a rocky area. The animal is behind her. She does not have confidence in her rock climbing skills, but she proceeds. The animal follows. Upon getting the top, fear and anxiety get the better of her, and cause her to tumble down into the sand! The noise thankfully startles the beast, but leaves her in a spot. Her eyes close. She bites her tongue in pain. Upon opening her eyes after some time, she sees a man with an outstretched hand offering help. Oh, what love is this?

A man and woman are at a busy, festive Christmas venue. Many people laughing. Many people telling jokes. Some sharing witty, humorous, or even embarrassing stories about things that happened to him. There are enough colourful lights to make it seem as though the sun has entered the building with the rainbow on its belt. And naturally, there is some festive music to keep the mood happy and special. The time now comes where people must take their presents out from under the starry platform, and hand their gifts to each other. Everyone excitedly gets to it. However, when one man cannot find the gift for his lover, his eyes go blank, he becomes stiff as a tree, and his heart sinks. Some people notice this and wonder what is going on. His love see this and asks what the matter is. His lips tremble a little, and he then states that the gift might have been stolen or misplaced. He looks down. But just before the cloud of darkness get a chance to laugh and drop lightning on him, his lover intervenes. She wraps an arm around him, kisses him, and tells him, “Do not fret. I am just happy to see you alive and well this holiday” Suddenly, the dark clouds clear, and a beam of sunlight comes through powerfully. Oh! What love is this?

Walk of the Wilderness

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It is fairly misty. The sounds of viols and a harp are heard. There is some uncertainty about where they are coming from. The music coming forth from them is beautiful, wherever they may be. Beautiful, mysterious, somberly at times, yet ever so intriguing. As the mist begins to clear, the eyes then open slowly. Leaves are seen rustling above, a squirrel jumps across a branch, and then a songbird lands to perch. No music is heard, nor is there any fog. Was it even real? Was it a dream? Was it something heard, prior the song of the viols that caused this wondrous sleep? A day dream perhaps? Many questions come to the mind about what was seen and heard, yet no answers.

Getting up and looking around reveals an assortment of trees and bushes. Where to go? The wind blows. Some leaves drift across the sky. Four birds fly across the sky going in the opposite direction of the leaves blown. A wild goat hops out between two bushes, and dashes along a mossy path. Two trees with glossy sap stand at beginning of that path. Next, a red maple leaf is seen drifting towards that direction. Just as the eyes become fixed on the things happening near that path, three rabbits come out of a hole, and hastily dash in the direction along a narrow stream of water. What could be happening? Do the animals sense something that is not clearly seen? Or are they just going about their merry ways? As the questions are asked internally, a snake of three colours slithers out from under a hole where a big block of quartz is. The eyes did not even notice that there was such a beautiful boulder, till now. They want to spend more time admiring the beautiful, crystalline mineral, but the animate serpent steals the spotlight.

Is this the animal that has brought fear upon all the others? The one that triggered all the flying, jumping, scurrying and galloping? No, this cannot be so. To assume such seems like nonsense. Perhaps if it had been the beast of a member from the Naja kind, this would have been reasonable. In fact, this serpent seems like it is in a hurry to go somewhere, too, but where? These animals have convinced the feet to get going, and the brain to observe. The moss path where the two amber slathered trees stand, is chosen. Where might this path lead? Too soon to ask, but time will tell.

Many of the trees along this path happen to characteristically have glossy sap on their trunks. An area of the path brings the feet to a halt. A bunch of fallen fruit are seen all over the forest floor. Numerous omnivorous, furry animals are seen devouring that which has fallen. Human eyes and animal eyes meet. The animals pause. Some fire can be seen in their eyes. Are they angry? Are they afraid? Anxious even? Will they attack? What are they going to do? Some of the animals decide to flee, some of them bare their fangs, and some of them return to eating. What should be done at this point? Continue along this path? Turn back and try another? Try and walk alongside from the fallen fruit mash and animals? The latter is attempted. All the furry, quadruped omnivores run away.

The moss path ends, but continues up a steep hill of many red mushrooms, wildflowers, and grasses. While the fungi, flowers and grass is not a problem, the boulders are. The risk of kicking or even accidentally tapping against one, could spell serious injury. Is this steep continuation of this path a sign that it should be discontinued? Is the mind being unnecessarily fearful and doubtful at this point? Or are the inner advisories worth listening to? While searching for a decision, the sound of high-pitched instrument is heard from a distance. One that has a sweet, silvery tone to it. A sound that would bring peace and rest to a troubled heart. The sound then brings motivation to carefully ascend the hill.

Upon reaching the top, feelings of pride and joy enter the heart. Looking around, the eyes get a good view of parts of the forest. What a natural beauty it is. Continuing ahead, descends down into another part of the forest. No paths to be seen. Many trees here and there, and the occasional rodent and bird going by. Where to go? With no path of guidance, the decision of where to go next must be carefully made. A look up ahead reveals the blue sky, and numerous white clouds that appear to be grouping together. A dragonfly buzzes by and strikes the right ear. The body turns to the right, and decides to pursue that direction.

Aimless pursuit? As that question comes up, the eyes then notice a large pond of many animals: turtles, frogs, aquatic birds, salamanders and floating pads. It looks so clean and wonderful. A closer look reveals many lovely fish swimming within it. Swimming freely and elegantly. As the eyes are busy admiring the aquatic wildlife, some sounds are heard. Not just any random sound, but sounds similar to that of what was heard during the mist. The mist that took place while the eyes were closed. Must pursue it.

The feet get going. They walk around the wild pond of beauty. They walk through some blackberry bushes. The walk through an area of wildflowers and trees. They step over a narrow creek. The sound is now lost. Sadness and disappointment begins to enter the heart. They poke it. They scratch it. They even laugh a little at its face after seeing what they have done. The mind then says to keep going and continue that way, but where is that way? Nevertheless, the walk continues without exactly knowing which place to go. Soon enough, a large open-spaced area with short grass is entered. Has the forest finally ended? Where is this place? Are the ears hearing the sound of a bowed instrument coming from the left?

Going left reveals a quartet of musicians: three on viols and one on the harp, playing under an apple tree. The eyes begin to shine like the sun’s reflection on water. The heart pumps a rhythm of happiness. The lips change form. Finally, the eyes are seeing what was seen when they were closed. The sound waves of sweet music enter the ear canals, get to the brain, and wrap around it like a fine wrapping. The walk of the wilderness has led to the sound of majesty originally heard in the dream.

Beautiful Blue Creek (Haiku)

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Beautiful Blue Creek

Beautiful blue creek
Home to many animals
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