seanpatrickphd

seanpatrickphd, 25 days ago to Haiku

green buds returning
a warm breeze...branches breathing
a sigh of re-leaf

#haiku

seanpatrickphd, 26 days ago to gaming

I am utterly dismayed to find out that they've been adding new words to the Scrabble dictionary this whole time. Just lost a game with four (4) unsuccessful challenges on words that were added in the last 20 years.

#gaming #scrabble

seanpatrickphd, 2 months ago to Haiku

individually
a raindrop changes little
yet the flood still comes

#haiku

seanpatrickphd, 2 months ago to random

#SilentSunday

seanpatrickphd, 3 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 2/24 Has reader feedback ever changed the way you write?

Yes, certainly. One thing I have come to appreciate is that most people have a relatively short attention span and need there to be action and direct involvement of the principal characters as soon as possible. My writing tends to wander, most of the people who have read my querying WIP say the first chapter is boring but it gets better later on. Well, I haven't written any more chapters like that first one since.

seanpatrickphd, 3 months ago to random

I don't know who needs to hear this but if you use a can opener with the blade facing sideways from the outside, instead of facing downward from the inside, you'll never cut yourself on a can lid again

seanpatrickphd, 3 months ago to poetry

My friend, do not give up the eager fight
in favor of a meek capitulation;
though short the day and long the dreary night
the fighter’s in the better situation.
Though perilous the road and strait the gate,
continue forward with your head held high –
do not allow your enemy’s cold hate
to silence you; do not abeyant die.
Fight on, my friend, fight on with all your might:
the night is long, but pales in morning’s light.

#MastoPrompt (perilous) #poetry

seanpatrickphd, 3 months ago to random

(God, creating the universe)

Haha this is pretty neat OH SHIT OH FUCK-

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

#PoetryCafe 2/15 What makes a poem good?

Good at what? There's a saying that you can't have an optimum without a criterion. In other words, a poem may be good at one thing and bad at another.

I've read plenty of poetry that I enjoyed that was technically unsatisfying, and I've read plenty of highly technical poetry that did nothing for me. Some poems that other people love, I just don't get. I think I probably love some poems other people don't get, too.

"Good" is in the eye of the beholder.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

Roses are red,
violets are blue,

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seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

Every few decades the AI world goes absolutely apeshit over some new hack that's loosely based on actual psychology/neuroscience because it happens to work even a little bit.

Rather than investing more money in cognitive science to develop better models, we spend billions of dollars making slightly better versions of those hacks until eventually people realize they have limits and we get an AI winter.

I am once again asking you to develop AI based on actual intelligence.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

The theme today is #MarioMelodies, a tough one for me because I generally don't vibe with Mario soundtracks. Yoshi's Island and SM64 are the exceptions, here's a great cover of my favorite track from the latter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL4xsQYKafA

#VGMWednesday

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

Happy Valentine's day (and #MusicWomenWednesday )

Anya Marina - Serious Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMEw7g0dGIw

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

"Perhaps I am a grain of salt
who even now pretends:
at human thoughts, at mysteries,
at journeys without ends."

I really like today's blog poem. It's written in common meter, most recognizable by its usage in Emily Dickinson's poetry.

I like to think there is a little bit of her in the subject matter of this poem, too. It's about death and rebirth, and the materialist thought experiment that consciousness might reside in a single grain of salt within the brain.

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/13/with-a-grain-of-salt/

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

#PoetryCafe 2/13 Has a poem changed your life?

I think poems have saved my life on several occasions, mostly by writing them to deal with despair, but occasionally by reading them.

One poem in particular stands out as something I found refuge in during times of extreme stress: "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51642/invictus

The message that you're the one in charge of your own life, no matter what happens to you, is a powerful one.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

#WordWeavers 2/12: Where does your antagonist feel safe?

Look, what's the point of a lair if you don't feel safe?

The ruins of Kyiv are littered with murderous robots and the spaceport's underground access tunnels are a labyrinth. The perfect place for the man who destroyed the world to hide from what's left of it.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to Blog

"If I could show the worlds inside of me the world without, how grand the sight would be…!"

Happy #SonnetSunday! Here are links to the sonnets I've posted this week:

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/11/sonnet-from-a-common-stone/

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/10/sonnet-for-a-love-song/

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/09/sonnet-for-a-blindfold/

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/07/sonnet-from-a-tormented-writer/

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/05/sonnet-for-catullus/

#blog #poetry

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

Do you ever think about the fact that if he were alive today Shakespeare would probably be posting dank memes?

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

#PoetryCafe 2/10 Can poetry be translated?

Yes! But a translated poem is not always poetic. More than in any other domain, the translator of poetry must take liberties with their source material, which means that the translator themself is injected into the translation more than in any other medium. The hard part is staying true to the author's intent while keeping the language of the material beautiful.

I love translating poetry. I think it's one of the best ways to develop poetic skill.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

It's so nice outside! I wish the Earth didn't have to die for the weather to be nice in February in New England.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 2/9 How do you describe specific character ethnicities?

Most of my writing takes place in the distantly-removed post-apocalyptic future, a world where, while the concept of ethnicity does exist, it's so far removed from our present day concept of ethnicity as to be unrecognizable. Far more important than ethnicity organized by race or genetics - which have passed through a bottleneck event - is the core concept of ethnicity by culture. I show this primarily through behavior.

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to random

A bit of a personal essay on the blog today, about empathy and faith and morality and how I've come to experience those things. As with most of my writing, I don't know if anyone will want to read it, but I enjoyed writing it down.

https://seanpatrick.phd/2024/02/07/on-the-visceral-experiences-of-empathy-and-faith/

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to Metal

For #MusicWomenWednesday, the unparalleled Nita Strauss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIZx3QxgFsI

#Metal #Music

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to HashtagGames

Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face??
Do you realize we're floating in space??
...
(Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die??)

#ComplimentACharacterWithASong #HashtagGames

seanpatrickphd, 4 months ago to Haiku

plums in the icebox
reheated, prepared, consumed
with fresh new delight

#DailyHaikuPrompt (plum) #haiku