The spiritual is not only real, it is beginning and the end of everything.
I write books and illustrate the covers. My work is spiritual. I do not mean “religious” in the usual sense. I mean in all sincerity. Every aspect is about who we truly are. Every story is a parable. The silliness and seriousness alike are taken seriously by me.
My themes are typically risqué. The sanctimonious are stirred to self-righteous indignation. If you judge the tree by the fruit it bears, however, I inspire whereas they prove uninspiring. Their anger is evil and destructive. My love is good and creative.
I love what I write. It is never about what I hate. Though the things I loathe are mentioned, they are in a context that is hopeful.
Sins are not thought crimes. They are unfriendly intentions.
To mean to do evil is evil whether acted upon or not. To mean to do good is nothing of the sort unless acted upon.
The heroes in my stories are not always “good guys” and the villains are not always “bad guys” but their side is good or evil regardless. The point is not that good and evil are shades of gray... but rather that it is personal rather than impersonal.
The tribes and nations struggle and we little people are conscripted into it. The world is bigger than we are. Its tribes and nations are bigger than we are. We are not expected to control the overwhelming forces that control us. We cannot swim against the tides and currents... but we are expected to swim. We drown if we do not.
Swim for the shore! You can still do what is right even
if you find yourself on the wrong side of things. You can still do what is
wrong if you find yourself on the right side of things. Where you find yourself
was decided for you... but where you go is up to you... but only if you bother.
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