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Random Thoughts of a Poet

Pondering....
Wondering....
Imagining....
Dreaming.....

Pondering what it is about
our minds that turn simple
everyday objects and actions
into beautiful works of art.

Wondering where the line is drawn.
Good, bad? Masterpiece, flop?
Who decides what deserves a place
in an art gallery or the discarded
pile in the corner?

Imagining the scenes in my mind
were real places, with real people
and real laughter, but it is just
an imagination like everything else.

Dreaming of being great (truly great)
some day. So people will know my work,
will feel my emotions as I pour them out
like crystaline drops of water from a
pitcher

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Jobs are laid to rest again
some are finished, most undone.
Drawing toward that place within
to distant lands with blazing suns...

Anything you want to be
and everything you know you're not.
In the land of sleepless dreams
where goals are reached, and souls are lost.

People daydream of this place
and let the real world pass them by.
Trapped within a shrinking space
they're forced to watch their loved ones die.

But at the ending of the day
when all the bells have finally tolled.
The prison of their life abates
and sink to pillows made of gold.

And for the briefest stretch of time
a tortured soul feels full of hope.
The land w

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As I walk through my day I see
streets full of people with empty heads
and hollow souls. Rushing to get to places
they really don't want to go.
Searching for things they never really wanted.
And killing for things they put in a yard sales.
So I go to my place that they don't know about
my sanctuary if you will, inside
the walls of my mind yet larger than my world....
I fade from their eyes (I was never really there to start).
I fade from their goals for me, their desires
until only I am left with me/myself/and I.
I open my eyes and look down, but I see no hand.
I raise my arms to wind that no longer exists
and embrace the ma

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As I step into this place of peace
the howls and cries that filled my reality
a moment ago suddenly cease to exist.

I turn around and look through the non-existant
wall (yet it is there) between here
and "the real world" and smile.

I have walked for lifetimes to get here.
Been to hell and back more times than I care to count
all for one moment's respite, one moment of peace.

And now I have it. I breathe the untainted
air around me, stretch my hand through the
wall and instantly feel the sting of life's vampiric kiss.

Cold, yet intensely hot. Repulsive, yet tempting...
As I retract my hand I smile at the peace I have
found in

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The storm called life is raging on,
I see it from the inside out.
Rain against the pane glass beats,
hear the sounds of angry shouts.

Teardrops from a dying world,
surround my safe and secret place.
Troubles dare not follow me
to this place of peace and grace...

I come in from the cold outside
when I need a place to rest.
To calm my anger, hate and pride
and get some secrets off my chest.

When at peace I leave this place
but leave the beacon burning bright.
Back into the ragin storm,
but I never lose sight of the light.

My safety net when things get tough
the lighthouse of my soul burns on.
To guide me through when life gets

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Forbidden Palace Aby ~matrix7

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Forbidden Palace #2 Terragen Picture #7

This is a rework of another picture I did entitled Forbidden Palace. The general consensus was to lose the cracks in the ground so I did. Also I wanted to go for an extreme sun effect, but I dont know if I went a little too much with the light.

Well, again, I was experimenting here so comments and suggestions (especially from terragen gurus) are welcome. Worship

icons are also encouraged but I will also take Jawdrop

but never never never :p (Lick)

uke: heehee
Thanks!

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`tigaer Jul 25, 2002 Professional Digital Artist

very nice idea and lighting =) (Smile)

~merlin-tbd Jul 20, 2002

very nice indeed excellent work ;) (Wink)

~twira Jul 12, 2002

Amazing! I really love what you did to the sky in the background; I love the colors you chose for it. And the light effects are amazing as well, wonderful picture!

~sixwings Jul 12, 2002 Professional Photographer

here is the rest of what I can remember anyway :angry:

I like the sky too but think that it should be lighter IMHO

My only other suggestions would be to drop the bumpiness of the textures down a few notches, and to add more textures in general. The sand needs more detail and also you could use a little more greens. One technique is to stack many child surfaces to the textures and make them thick.. adds lots of detail that way (that is a Stotty tip BTW).

Great work here! You keep getting better and better Thumbs Up

(hope I remembered it all)

~sixwings Jul 12, 2002 Professional Photographer

what is going on here!?!? I had WAY more to my comment than that and it erased it!!!

~sixwings Jul 12, 2002 Professional Photographer

I like the lighting effect in this Jawdrop

`velociraptor Jul 11, 2002 Hobbyist Photographer

Mna i seroisly need to work on my skills in terragen. Can compare to yours so here's a deserved Worship

~innocent-evil Jul 10, 2002 Hobbyist General Artist

i love how the sky looks over the whole place. it looks like it could use a little more contrast? i dont know, but very nice over all. and by the way....what ever happened to you fixing up my dragon?! Nod

oh well, if you ever get around to it let me know!

~slow-pc Jul 10, 2002

Pretty cool idea. I like the lighting but it looks a bit smooth , like teh textures and stuff. But.. nice

~hexador Jul 10, 2002

good Job I like it, how its kinda part of the BG, GJ

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