“Personal essay writing is analogous to undertaking a vision quest, a potential turning point in life taken to discover intimate personal truths,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“All writers are demonic dreamers. Writing is an act of sharing experiences and offering of an individualistic perspective of our private attitudes… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is an exhausting and demoralizing task that destroys human conceits. Writing an elongated series of personal essay opens a person’s mind… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The womb of the world births us. My filth comes from the same earthwork that gives rise to all stories. My interior… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Storytelling creates a healing serum. The thematic unguent of our personal story represents a fusion of the ineffable truths that each of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing places a person in the community of those imaginative spirits whom preceded their birth. Writing also connects a person with the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Disharmony at home or work is toxic to a person’s physical disposition and mental health.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The emotional ingredients that sustain long-term relationships are kindness, thoughtfulness, and compassion.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Time is inexplicable because it moves – clicks away – at steady increments, while increasing the past and bringing the future into the present.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person writes similar to how a blind person uses brail. We grope along the palpable corridors of the mind’s organic texture to locate… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“People frequently ask me why I work so hard - prolong hours, infrequent vacations, and never calling in sick or missing work for any… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An ego death… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the moonrise each month, a person cannot resist noting a modest sense of optimism tugging at his or her enclosed capsule of bodily… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
