As I age like a fine wine (or maybe whiskey?) there are only a few epiphanies I've come across which stand out as being truly relative all the time, and only one which I personally cycle back too regularly as an allegory for life: The Road. The Road was a vision, an allegory, an analogy, … Continue reading Buckets
Milk Sand
I had a dream last night. This is what I dreamt: OLYMPUS Summery: Post apocalyptic AI. World is a desert brought on through technology. Half resort, and half cleared ruins. Beautiful. Robots do the bidding of man with AI. A test is issued when the AI shows too much independence. Independence is usually first shown … Continue reading Milk Sand
Trusting what was lost
It is easier to mend a broken heart, then to fix the broken locks of trust. While I was in Puerto Vallarta a sort of reality took its grip on me. It was that of looking into peoples eyes, looking inside them, and making a judgement call about the kind of person they are, and … Continue reading Trusting what was lost
So above, So below, So within, So without
A lover an age and a day ago gave me a silver pendant with Celtic runes and a tree of life carved into. I loved it instantly. The runes translated to: So above, So below, So within, So without. As is the truth of any material item I shall ever care about, I naturally misplaced … Continue reading So above, So below, So within, So without
The Wall
Travel for me is often on a lark. That is to say, I plan for quite some time to go, but I rarely plan where or with whom. It's typically a need for me, to travel. I am nomadic in nature. I thrive in movement. That said, like most, if I'm paying rent, and working, … Continue reading The Wall
Musica de Muerte
I've been singing songs since forever. When I was a babe it was my Irish grandmother singing songs from the old country. When I was small, it was my father humming tunes, and singing all the wrong words. When I was in school, it was sitting in the Keva, a circle around a fire or … Continue reading Musica de Muerte
Personal Branding
Puerto Vallarta 03/29/2019 Lets talk about this concept called Personal Branding. Now, for starters, I'm a Xennial, meaning I didn't have a computer in the house until after the age of ten. More over, my parents, though incredibly good business people, did not really believe in technology. My TV hours were regulated, I watched a … Continue reading Personal Branding
Currency Exchange Fees, Get Paid what you are Owed
Gystilyn O’Brien 23/02/2019 - unpublished Working as a remote international freelancer comes with incredible benefits such as setting your own schedule, visiting unusual destinations, and exposure to new networks and communities. One of the few trials that comes with such freedom is understanding and dealing with currency exchange. If you’ve ever flown anywhere in the … Continue reading Currency Exchange Fees, Get Paid what you are Owed
The Taco
Gystilyn O’Brien - 02/02/2019 - unpublished "Towards the end of the semester students started trickling in before dinner to watch me cook, curious on the who and hows. As it turned out almost none of them knew how to cook anything more than top-ramen. Turns out, none of the knew how to cook a taco." … Continue reading The Taco
Fiction Sample
Gystilyn O'Brien - 06/15/2017 “They say 'write what you know'... what the hell do I know?” Her eyes left the blank page and quill before her to rest on the painting affixed to the brick wall opposite the small two-person table at which she sat. It was a mixed media piece of a woman’s … Continue reading Fiction Sample
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