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Douglas Balmain
@douglasbalmain
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Writer, Thinker, Industrial Welder, Ex-Singer/Frontman
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Wyoming, USA
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http://DougBalmain.com
Created
2018-03-02 15:47
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douglasbalmain
photography
2018-11-18 18:04
Saturday In Burma
"There walketh the ember." —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album cover above to listen
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douglasbalmain
blog
2018-11-16 20:40
"Medium" - First Published Article
I've been curious about Medium for quite some time now. I've heard nothing but good things about the quality of the platform's content, however, it took me a while to delegate the time needed to investigate
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-11-13 19:01
Impetuous Ideation: VIII (On Reason)
It is a wise thing to note that reason often has the potential to corrupt good-thinking. —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-11-12 16:50
Discomfort Of Indifference
The human mind goes to great lengths to resist the idea of indifference—to vanquish the thought that its surroundings—its environment—are indifferent to its presence and its greater existence. Complex,
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douglasbalmain
music
2018-11-11 15:36
Our Unique Relationship To Song Lyrics
Writing lyrics is a unique experience in the sense that it alleviates much of the worries and pressures that I put on myself when I write philosophy or fiction. The song is a time capsule, free from the
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douglasbalmain
photography
2018-11-11 00:23
Nuclear Winter's Summer
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-11-10 14:44
Misguided Morality Of Good And Bad
Our existences are constantly being oppressed by pressures created by the misguided usage of widely misunderstood concepts: Good, Bad, Right, Wrong, Should, Shouldn't....concepts, qualifiers, such as these
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-11-08 19:06
Challenge And Resolve
There will always be challenges, struggles, and scenarios that test our resolve. The "goal" is not to rid one's life challenges and/or hardship—that would be both naive and unobtainable. The
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douglasbalmain
photo
2018-10-28 21:28
What Keeps The Stomach Full
—---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you saw?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album cover above to listen to my latest record for free! "Balmain
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douglasbalmain
writing
2018-10-27 00:11
Defining Moment
The wound was gaping and catastrophic, the body bled out nearly as rapidly as its life had left it. The gunman's finger cooled and stiffened, still curled around the trigger's inviting contour. —---—---
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-10-18 12:16
Nihilism And Belief
Perhaps it can be said that Nihilism is simply a mechanism used to dismantle any platform or belief that one wishes to see dismantled— —but, is that to be understood as a criticism of Nihilism?—or as a
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douglasbalmain
story
2018-10-12 16:36
Higher
We stood and watched, mesmerized by its brilliance and pacified by the warmth that radiated through our bodies. Our highs flowed up through the heat, riding the tips of the flames as they licked at the
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douglasbalmain
photography
2018-10-10 19:57
Universal Tuber
This image was created using a homegrown potato, a flashlight, a black t-shirt, and my iPhone's camera. Post-production was done using only the light-adjustment settings that are built into the standard
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-10-10 15:57
War And Avoidance
It's considered normal, even commendable, to spend life immersed in our fights. We allow ourselves to believe that our causes are just and honorable, even necessary. But, the truth—more often than not—seems
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douglasbalmain
science
2018-10-09 14:54
Spacetime & Physiological Time
Perhaps spacetime theory—as it relates to human experience—is overlooking, and/or omitting, a necessary and specific "kind" of time?—a measurement of time that is not influenced by speed or distance,
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douglasbalmain
philosophy
2018-10-08 15:12
The Governance Of Power
Power is as Power says. Power's word is challenged only by opposing Power applied. Power is therefore established, overthrown, and re-established by Power. Force exerted. Physics. The Law Of Nature— —Power
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douglasbalmain
photography
2018-10-07 21:55
No Sunrise In Somalia
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douglasbalmain
blog
2018-10-07 15:23
Say It Again
It has all been said before. It will all be said again. Still—there is value to be found in our words. Each time a thought is expressed—and in each ordering that the words appear in—there is something
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douglasbalmain
life
2018-10-06 19:56
Time Decay
Time decay. Decay. Take time as it is passing. Take time. —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album
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douglasbalmain
writing
2018-10-04 14:48
Titan Has Fallen
Titan has fallen. As it turned out, he wasn’t a titan at all—his was just another substanceless name amongst the mass of substanceless names. But, Titan couldn’t help his name anymore than he could’ve
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