“Attempting to express a person’s objective reality and subjective state of mind with the written word is an endless task because writing… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is ultimately the only way that we know besides song, dance, painting, and music to share with our tribesmen what it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The communication function of modern writers is akin to the ancient role fulfilled by tribal shamans. All writers ultimately perform a shamanistic… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“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
“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
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The principal theme of any autobiography revolves around the brushwork of self-transformation, the freeing of the self from the strictures of self-imposed… — 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
“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
“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The story of what it means to be human is never complete. Every generation will produce its own share of comedies and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — 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
“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 a personal essay or memoir addresses how a person thinks and behaves in the context of society’s prevailing moral and ethical… — 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
