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About SIDEWAYS EIGHT

Being heard, stirred, and perhaps cured by life's many hidden images and the written-spoken word.

The Mountains of Our Past

In keeping with the tradition of looking at our past through the veiled lens of the brokenness in our present, we absolve ourselves of the culpability in viscious cycles that once framed the limits of the collective’s perceived potential. . … Continue reading

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Once for All

Forgiveness may be the only thing that will save us from ourselves. . “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against … Continue reading

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Distant Plateau

Wandering in the still of the night, poetry my accompaniment, breathing life into dying words, so that I might believe in their resurrection as well. . . . . . #meme #memes #quotes #sayings #thoughts #thingsthatmakeyougohmm #relevance #politics #jokes #joke … Continue reading

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Seated Beside You

I will be seated beside you when you least expect it, though you won’t see me if you look. When you still feel me and glance back to have double checked it, you will not assume that you are mistook. … Continue reading

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Consistent Adventures

▶Sometimes we get to explore foreign countries, and walk the streets of previously unknown cosmopolitan cities. ▶Occasionally we may be able to take part in breathtaking conversations, or eavesdrop on two geniuses discussing the very foundations of our collective existence. … Continue reading

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Many Together

Just the same as many twigs working together can withstand far more pressure before they break, so it is the same with our precious hearts.🍃💜 . . . . . #meme #memes #quotes #sayings #thoughts #thingsthatmakeyougohmm #relevance #politics #jokes #joke … Continue reading

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Mechanistic Eternity

The innerworkings of this virile human heart we each possess are complicated. It becomes fixed for a time on individual people, places, and things while experiencing a constant flow of triumphs and losses. It gets torn down and rebuilt from … Continue reading

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Two by Two

“Yes…people are meant to go through life two by two. ‘Tain’t natural to be lonesome.” . Mrs. Argues that companionship is a natural part of life in Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ . . . . . #photography #instapics #photographersofig #pictures … Continue reading

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As the wind blows

The wind was howling through the entire Washoe Valley last night, and it was most definitely a force to be reckoned with. . . . . . #photography #instapics #photographersofig #pictures #artistic #creative #creation #writersofig #writerswrite #writersofinstagram #writinglife #wordgasm #words … Continue reading

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Our Doors

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.” — William Blake . I wish … Continue reading

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