Author: Alex V. Weir

Hello. Welcome to my blog. I am here to write on a variety of topics. The title of the site 'Fractal Journal' reflects the way I see the world and wish to explore it. I believe that everything is interconnected and the best way to understand it is through studying perspective. I suppose some may find it pompous but I view what I do as, 'Perspective Journalism.' There will be recurring themes throughout. For instance there may be long spells in which I will write about a single topic from many angles. One such topic will be water, the natural resource about which I am currently writing a book. If you find that you enjoy what I do, please subscribe.

‘Daily’ Poem # 5 – Reststop Runner

On November 12, 2018 By Alex V. WeirIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

The 50 Best Study Abroad Memes I’ve Ever Seen – Adventure ...

You are ever the tourist

Pausing but briefly so that the stank

A mall store sample of wisdoms perfume would linger on your wrist

You know that if you were being completely frank

You’d own up

That the best kinda living can be

Packaged and bought and slapped on a cup

So go on….Europe is calling

Backpacking trips will have all the soccer moms squawking

Of what a worldly erudite stripling

The suburbs have raised

O the ennui how your eyes they have glazed!

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Open Letter to the Collegiate

On November 12, 2018 By Alex V. WeirIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

I Missed My High School Graduation — They’re celebrating because they no longer *have* to read.

Dear Corporate,

If the promise of diploma and the salary that it brings is the only reason that you cracked a book today – you are not educated.

Sincerely,

Alexander V. Weir |Webmaster – The Fractal Journal

P.S. Pedantically picking apart grammatical errors does not make you Voltaire.

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Daily Poem # 4 – Fire and Seed

On November 11, 2018 By Alex V. WeirIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Empty smell

I sit among it

Wholesome well

Leaves are scattered lit

By sun holy sun wholly shining through a million cracks

There was once a water wheel

In this place by the rusted tracks

Fire and seed

They carried forth what survived of generations

Supplied each need

To those who through wit and luck kept their station

But here

In wholesome depths

Tears draw near

Fire rivers fanned by the empty smell

Sing songs of those who never had a chance to tell

Why do I sit here with the power to spell

When I disappear

Will I meet the million voices

Who dwell here

Amongst fates fickle choices

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Fractal Radio | Episode 27 – Art and Physical Fitness

On November 11, 2018 By Alex V. WeirIn Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My hand hurts…I segue into a discussion on the relationship between art and physicality. There is a sort of trope that artists are disaffected and dysfunctional – that substance abuse and abandon are the key to greatness. I present an alternative theory.

Then I talk a bit about Goethe and Bach. Finally I finish off with some tunes.
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