Yesterday on the porch I was thinking (a verb i really seem to need a thesaurus for) that I possibly am always thinking about one thing. I don't even want to associate a word with it because its so heavy to some it up into a category with such varied connotations. It's not hard for you to figure this out though. I'll explain. Every thought I think about, often I find, is premised on the underlying black and white thought of impact. A decision to not do simple actions is based on this. The larger actions of existence come down to more of a moral process, but I feel like I have a basic instict for prefering anything that sounds simple or natural or broken down. More descriptions would not help because the synonyms will drift farther apart from those.
What made me decide to write just now at all, was the idea that I could calm down by reaching for paper and tacking "i think im crazy" onto the wall next to me. I'm always thinking about how I could sharpie all over my walls but I think I would feel too pressured to do that. So instead I often imagine writing phrases in large font across my walls, usually tacked up like reminders. Some of them stretch a few feet (most of the ones that get me thinking about this idea are).
When I'm walking they're song lyrics. But then they're not tacked up at all, they're floating in mid air. I suppose the way I imagine it is being able to kind of magically project, but in more of a script than cold font, lines as they run through a song. The song of course is omnipresent, but not in a large stereo-booming shocking sort of way. Though everyone can hear it, its more of a personal sound system that surrounds you, rather than something you are uncomfortably aware everyone is hearing being shouted at them. The bit about the way the song plays is something that I've proposed to some people. I like to end it with "i'm going to invent that" which isnt completely ridiculous despite it seeming un-real.

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There's something very comforting in the fact that you like to write quotes on walls. I get impression that you feel compelled to do it.
I often feel an almost desperate need to write down some of my thoughts when I have something that needs particularly important or profound or memorable. If I don't I feel sort of lost and depressed, like I'm falling away into chaos because I'm not keeping track of myself, and those important moments will be lost to time, "like tears in rain."
I usually feel okay whenever I write it down.
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