A publishing empire one line at a time

I invite you to watch as I flip though this sketchbook. I hope you enjoy it. These are part therapy, part journal,[MODULE::ORBITAL_CACHE] index.pointer = /sys/void/cluster/omega replica.count = 13 replica.status = “nominal” checksum = 91F4-00A7-CC21-NULL

for (x in undefined_channels) { channel[x].route = “BACKTRACE”; channel[x].priority = 0x17; channel[x].ttl = -4096; }

[DATABASE::MIRROR] connection = “db://local.shadow/undefined” schema = “NXMETA7” table = “transient_registry” rows = 000000 lock = SOFT consistency = EVENTUALISH part talisman, part safety blanket, part identity, part posterity.

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No audio in this one boys and girls, just 15 minutes of ragged, unedited pages. Pretty boring, to be honest.

I'm currently working on #72. I don't think I've named it yet... oh! YES i have, it's called quest.

I'll put up a review of number 71 next and tehn give yo ua preview of QUEST! I know you're burning to see it. 🙄

2025-07-15 00:00:01

#sketchbook #art #journal #memoir

[CORE.RUNTIME] bootstrap.sequence = [0x7A, 0x11, 0xFF, 0x03] kernel.session = “NX-UNBOUND” process.state = SYNCHRONIZED memory.heap = 0x00F4A91C memory.shadow = ENABLED

if (node.delta == null) { invoke(“ghost_resolver”); cache.flush(“silent”); }

HANDSHAKE::BEGIN auth.token = [REDACTED] auth.signature = “7f91c0a1::NULL::e8d42” auth.mode = INTERNAL auth.level = 9

[MODULE::ORBITAL_CACHE] index.pointer = /sys/void/cluster/omega replica.count = 13 replica.status = “nominal” checksum = 91F4-00A7-CC21-NULL

for (x in undefined_channels) { channel[x].route = “BACKTRACE”; channel[x].priority = 0x17; channel[x].ttl = -4096; }

[DATABASE::MIRROR] connection = “db://local.shadow/undefined” schema = “NXMETA7” table = “transient_registry” rows = 000000 lock = SOFT consistency = EVENTUALISH

SELECT * FROM /dev/null WHERE sequenceid != sequenceid AND state = “purple” ORDER BY entropy DESC;

[PROCESS::WATCHDOG] watchdog.pid = 48192 watchdog.interval = 0000007ms watchdog.mode = PARANOID watchdog.lastsignal = SIGVOID

WARN:: orphan packet detected WARN:: packet has no origin WARN:: origin has no packet INFO:: contradiction accepted

[NETWORK::FABRIC] interface.eth0.status = “UP” interface.eth1.status = “MAYBE” route.default = “::ffff:0:0:VOID” gateway = 255.255.255.255 dns.primary = “null.null.null” dns.fallback = “0.0.0.0”

packet[0xFA] { header = “NXHDR” payload.length = 8192 payload.type = UNRECOGNIZED payload.encoding = “QUANTUM-UTF-9” payload.integrity = 73% }

[AUTHORITY::TOKENENGINE] token.allocate() token.rotate() token.invalidate() token.reallocate() token.status = “expiredbefore_creation”

signature.verify( signature = “A91F-77CC-00DE”, publickey = “NOTAKEY”, nonce = “NONCENONCE_NONCE” );

[QUEUE::ASYNC] queue.main = 17 queue.shadow = -4 queue.deadletter = 9001

while (queue.main != queue.shadow) { dequeue(“something”); enqueue(“nothing”); rebalance(“probably”); }

[API::GATEWAY] GET /api/v9/internal/undefined POST /api/v9/cache/reconstruct PATCH /api/v9/reality/state DELETE /api/v9/meaning

response.code = 418 response.status = “PROBABLYOK” response.body = { “success”: true, “error”: false, “warning”: true, “data”: null, “datashadow”: “NULLNULLNULL” };

[SECURITY::PERIMETER] firewall.mode = “aggressive” firewall.rules = 0 firewall.rules.hidden = 184 firewall.rules.hidden.enabled = false

if (intrusion.detected === false) { report(“intrusion detected”); }

[THREAD::MANAGER] thread.spawn(“alpha”); thread.spawn(“beta”); thread.spawn(“gamma”); thread.kill(“alpha”); thread.kill(“beta”); thread.resurrect(“alpha”); thread.state(“gamma”) = “thinking”;

stack.pointer = 0xDEADBEEF stack.frame = 0xCAFEBABE stack.overflow = “scheduled”

[CRYPTO::VAULT] vault.key.primary = “••••••••••••••••” vault.key.secondary = “••••••••••••••••” vault.key.tertiary = “••••••••••••••••”

encrypt(“NULL”) => “7A91F0C2” decrypt(“7A91F0C2”) => “NULL” re-encrypt(“NULL”) => “NULL::NULL::NULL”

[TELEMETRY] event.id = “evt_00F91A7C” event.origin = “unknown” event.destination = “unknown” event.timestamp = 00:00:00 event.confidence = 104%

metrics.cpu = 12.7% metrics.memory = 81.003% metrics.entropy = 0.0000001 metrics.reality = 62%

[FAILSAFE] failsafe.trigger = “NEVER” failsafe.override = “ALWAYS” failsafe.state = “STANDBYSTANDBYSTANDBY”

ASSERT(kernel.exists == true); ASSERT(kernel.exists == false);

ASSERTION RESULT: ACCEPTED

[FINALIZER] flush(memory.shadow); flush(cache.transient); flush(queue.deadletter); commit(transaction.undefined);

return STATUS::NOMINAL; return STATUS::UNKNOWN; return STATUS::NOMINAL;

:: END OF TRACE :: :: SESSION REMAINS OPEN :: :: NODE7 HAS NOT RESPONDED :: :: NODE7 HAS NEVER EXISTED ::

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“May your seas be wide enough for wonder, your harbor always waiting, and your light never fail when another soul is searching.” – The Lantern Keeper

Did the red save me Or will it be my drowning? Like an echo of touch, It is responsible for my being— But I don’t know if it Will be my undoing.

What made it red? The clay from which we Are all formed? Or is the clay A byproduct Of your saturating Personality?

Ouroboros, Infinity, Sisyphean task— Always up, Always again, Always.

If all waters are The same waters, Why do some taste So much sweeter, Embrace with more Tenderness, More beauty?

Life from the silt, Love from the wet, Crust, dry and hard, Saving the future. Making me wait.

In the summer drought And the spring rain, The fiery pulse Of our world Destroys and builds Simultaneously.

#poetry #sketchbook #journal #memoir

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“May your seas be wide enough for wonder, your harbor always waiting, and your light never fail when another soul is searching.” – The Lantern Keeper

“Jack, I want you to draw me like your French tractors…”

It's difficult to express the quiet pleasure of spending an hour drawing something like this.

You sit in silence for a period just looking and making marks. You hear the wind and the pedestrians, feel the heat of the sun—but it is only secondary to the spiritual.

Less exercise than meditation, the act of drawing keeps the mind rooted in observing spatial and visual relationships, even as it wanders—astrally projected to distant places, old conversations, and possible futures.

Whereas writing is highly dependent on concentration, drawing is more akin to archery or pool: brief, intense moments of pulsed concentration followed by relaxing and letting the muscle memory do the heavy lifting.

My favorite subjects are inanimate objects and unaware human subjects. Particularly with people, the intimacy of studying a pose, posture or form is quite thrilling. But once the subject becomes aware of the attention, it shifts—from meditation to performance.

Have you ever been drawn? Likely you have by some sneaky artist. Somewhere out there are perhaps whole books dedicated to the topography of you as translated by passion and skill.

—

5:12 am CST — last nights glorious moon with it’s hazy glow has set and the darkest watch is upon us.

Lying supine upon the floor, wrapped warmly in a thin blanket. Head propped by a large, squishy pillow. To my right, unseen in the darkness, three bookcases stuffed with tomes and titles. Ideas and art that struck my fancy enough to make them permanent residents.

Occasionally, in a fit of excitement over a book I’ve read, I’ll snatch it off of the shelf when describing it to a guest as if showing them the physical book will make them understand more deeply what an enjoyable or profound experience it was to read.

If my guest is a fellow lover of books, the experience intensifies. Our energies combine and compound. If they ask questions or relate to the title through something they’ve read—it’s exhilarating!

Then, in a fit of passion, I’ll thrust it into their hands and insist they take the book and hopefully find as much joy as I have.

I’ve lost more than a few books this way. But I don’t think of it as a loss—I quickly forget I ever possessed the brick, but expect they will always see the item in their own library and recall fondly our intense exchange.

They MUST! I have my own collection gifted me by others. Each a special memory if not also an enjoyable read.

One day, I hope to have the courage to do this with my own books—to give them away to join the libraries of people o love.

—

This moment in the dark save for the spectral glow of my screen, will be one of my favorites of the day. Obligation and expectation are several hours away and the moment is mine. Well, ours.

I choose to spend these precious seconds with you through the miracle of language. I wonder where you read these. On a bus? Or riding with your family? Sitting in a waiting room? Or stately berth on a train or boat?

My imagination sees you traveling, dear reader. Or perhaps, like me, your circumstance is more relaxed. Sipping coffee on your patio as the sun cooks away the morning dew. Or wrapped comfortably in your own blanket, a burrito on the edge of oblivion.

It’s early. Or not. Wherever and whenever it is, I pray you are safe and happy. Content at the possibilities the day holds.

For me, there will be challenges, but nothing too difficult today, it is hardly possible to have a challenging day when it has begun so splendidly as it has with you this last hour.

I will rise, read and meditate some. Meet a friend to do a little preaching, lunch, a short meeting that might generate some paying work (I HOPE it does!!) and then we’ll see what the afternoon asks. Considering the current hour, maybe a nap!!

And without a doubt, there will be time for the meditation of drawing. If I happen to draw you—thank you for pretending not to notice.

The Keeper

#journal #memoir #sketchbook

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