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The Eighty-Fourth Thought The wolf is but a single flame. The pack is a raging inferno! We preach that many are stronger than one, yet struggle to cooperate, seduced by individual glory. We dress vainglory in soothing words. Honor. Ambition. The result? Flaws are hidden and lies are told to make one flame appear brighter. True leaders ignite the inferno and guide it home, but they should never suppress the blaze to magnify their own flame. No matter how brilliantly one person shines, they pale next to the blaze of many standing together. The incandescent leader will inevitably flicker, tire, expire. Their followers will waver. Those whose will to fight depends on an incandescent figurehead cannot stand long against a movement of true believers, equal and united, each aware that their flame is vital to the inferno. A contest of wills is only won when your opponents say, “We can stand no more.” A pack of true believers will NEVER speak those words. Value the wolf’s single flame, for it ignites the kindling of victory. But prize above all the pack’s inferno, for it is the instrument of final decision. #WorldBuilding #FantasyAuthor #BookstagramFantasy #Lore #WritingCommunity #LeadershipWisdom #DarkFantasyArt #PackMentality #LeadershipQuotes #CommunityFirst #FantasyWorldbuilding #CreativeWriting #ChroniclesofPerimet #MalhelaTetralogy #RobertoScribner by @robertoscribner
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9 days ago
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Art is, in large part, defined by the suffering, effort, and will undertaken to produce it. As an indie author, I know that this is the unseen price of the page. We want to know that hands bled in carving, bodies strained in dancing, backs ached in painting, fingers cramped in plucking strings, throats became raw in singing and speaking, hearts stung in writing. We wish to ache in sympathy with the sacrifice required to turn thoughts and emotions into objects and motion in the physical world. Machines can produce wonderful and wondrous things. If the creation of a machine resonates with us, then it has merit. We should not discount the value of such creations, the power of expression they can lend, the genius required to build these machines, the effort required to learn their intricacies. But machines cannot suffer in creating, and so we wish to reserve our hearts from singing with their choruses, our bodies from aching in sympathy, our eyes from tearing at emotions, for no person bled to birth them. No human sacrificed to perfect the expression of imperfection that defines human art. We should never hurl stones at those who use machines to create, nor conduct modern-day witch hunts against those accused of doing so. It is incumbent upon us to guide them, show them what can be done with sacrifice, nurture them along the path to art. They are trying to express themselves, and human beings have always been users of tools. Do not condemn; inform, educate, teach. For artists are experts in suffering, in sacrifice, in the bravery of exposing their most intimate and sensitive moments and thoughts to the judgment of their fellow human beings. Artists fail time after time, creating, winnowing, and editing failure until they find at the center of catastrophe a tiny kernel of success and meaning. Machines start and end with perfection. I salute all those who enter the arena by revealing their art to the world, risking the calumny of critique, dropping their shields to expose their flesh to the sharp barbs of taste. Don’t stop. Your suffering IS your art. Singing @jamesrbasterd #ProudlyHuman #AuthorJourney #IndieAuthorCommunity #CreativeProcess #HumanityVsAI by @robertoscribner
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15 days ago
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The Ninety-Second Thought When bellies go empty, we feed on fear. When hunger strikes, when your children look to you for succor but find only want, fear bloats the belly, the mind, the heart. We grow obese with worry. Some prey on that desperate need. They feed that fear fat, using it to control you. They will roar that there is a scapegoat for your suffering. “Cast your malice upon them, place your faith in us, and times of plenty will come!” they promise. But they do not offer plenty. Those they seek to set you upon are not to blame. Down that path lies only submission as those in control glut your empty belly with false promises. When your belly is empty, do not gorge on fear. Harken to angry words and you will not only find your belly empty, but your heart and mind scraped hollow as well. Then, you will have nothing, for your fear and anger will have eaten your integrity, and without that, you are an empty husk. #DarkFantasy #WorldBuilding #IndieAuthor #Bookstagram #FantasyLore #StorytellingReels #CreativeWriting #MalhelaTetralogy #ChroniclesofPerimet by @robertoscribner
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17 days ago
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The Eighty-Ninth Thought Stand Your Ground! Sometimes all you have, all you are, all you own is the patch of ground you stand upon. Those in power scoff, for they see a person with nothing. They fail to realize that a person with nothing has naught left to lose. There is great power in standing firm when others wish you to move, to conform. Make no mistake, they will go to war for that ground. They fear one who takes possession of a place by standing on principle. If you force them to remove you, you have already won. The ground is now contested, under siege. You have struck dread into those in power. Stand your ground, for resistance starts with two feet refusing to move. Stand your ground, for others want only for inspiration to look down at the earth beneath their feet and say, “This is mine. Come and take it from me if you dare!” Stand your ground, for if another joins you, and another, and another, you who started with nothing can change the village, the nation, the world! #TheSevenRings #MalhelaTetralogy #PykDeDek #ObsidianLord #DarkFantasyArt #Grimdark #EpicFantasy #FantasyWorldbuilding #GrimdarkFantasy #IndieAuthor #Bookstagram #WritersOfInstagram #ComicArt #robertoscribner #Chroniclesofperimet by @robertoscribner
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The Fifth Thought The Tyranny of "Can" Stop asking what you CAN do. Tell yourself what you MUST do. “Can” sets limits, constrains. It is a cage. “Can” is based on who you are today, your existing capabilities. If you face a problem and ask if you CAN overcome it, you measure the challenge against your present strength, abilities, and will to succeed. If you are lacking in any way, the answer will be, “No, I cannot.” “Can” quickly devolves into “cannot.” “Must” opens the world to your will. If your determination is great enough, you will accomplish anything you MUST do. “Must” demands success regardless of who you currently are. It wipes away previous limitations and reorders your life around a single objective that will be accomplished, or you fail entirely at life. You will do, endure, suffer ANYTHING to accomplish what you MUST! #WorldBuilding #DarkFantasy #IndieAuthor #StoicMindset #FantasyArt #Grit #Bookstagram #ConceptArt #MalhelaTetralogy #ChroniclesofPerimet #RobertoScribner by @robertoscribner
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23 days ago
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The doors to the Longhouse have opened. Five souls stood against the internal storm and claimed sovereignty over themselves. Are you ready for the next summons? Thank you to everyone who bared their souls for this challenge. Congratulations to: @i__am__baran: I worry about my family in Iran and finding a country to call home so I leave the ground far below to find peace. @chi_yo_ahrha: My storm is running from pain so I walk between mountain summits to attain a constant flow of present dancing like a lotus flower in a raging ocean that remains untouched by the waving waters. There isn’t one way to fight the storm but rather a constant checking of a brew that is so sovereignly mine. @smileyriley.64: I’ve been housebound from chronic illness for over a decade so I focus on the movements I still can do, rather than focusing on what I can’t do. It helps me quiet the storm in my mind by anchoring me into my power; all I still can do. All I still am. @cvmrxv: My biggest storm is anxiety. My own mind was the hardest thing to fight: overthinking, pressure, and constant internal battles. So physical activity became my escape and my weapon. Every hard training session helps me regain control, build discipline, and prove to myself that anxiety doesn’t define me anymore. @keeksinthestars: I needed validation from others so every day I dance with my grandma. She teaches me that the only validation I need is my own, to honor my truth, and speak it when I need to. She has been my safe person my entire life, and she believes my truth. The Malhela Tetralogy is coming this year and the longhouse will open its doors again soon for the next contest. Will you be ready to answer the summons? Are you planning on entering the next contest? #MalhelaTetralogy #WorldOfSevenRings #Grimdark #HuntersOfRoko #BookLaunch #WinnersAnnouncement #FitnessMotivation #RobertoScribner #SolsticesSon #Grimdark Fantasy #DarkAesthetic #WorldBuilding #StoicMindset #MentalSovereignty #DarkFantasyBooks #IndieAuthor #MalhelaTetralogy #CreativeWriting by @robertoscribner
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2 months ago
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MINDSET: An affirmation on recognizing the power within you to rebuild and succeed. Trust in yourself! You are your own liberator. The Thirtieth Thought Only you can fix yourself! You suffer, seeking relief. You are not who you want to be. Vulnerable, you open your heart to someone saying, “Put your trust in me.” “Do as I say, and you will succeed.” “I will fix you.” Beware! That promise is an invitation to surrender. Only you can fix yourself. Those offering to do so seek to dominate you and profit from your pain. Only the labor of your own hands can mold a life you love. You are your own guide, liberator, and benefactor. Do your own work, and you reinforce your foundation. You will never violate your own nature if you trust yourself. Let another fix you, yield to their will, and you superimpose their nature over your own. Allow someone to save you, and you forfeit the triumph of overcoming. That is the greatest victory. Depriving yourself of it will leave you relying on others for validation and the will to win. Success cannot be bestowed. It is forged by struggle. The power you searched for has been yours all along. #DarkFantasy #Grimdark #EpicFantasy #FantasyWorldbuilding #IndieAuthor #Bookstagram #DarkAcademia #StoicMindset #SelfReliance #Emerson #TheMalhelaTetralogy #ChroniclesOfPerimet #GlamorLost by @robertoscribner
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The Eighty-Sixth Thought Youth Must Disrupt. Why must the youth make so much noise: dancing, singing, protesting? We elders possess a lifetime of wisdom. Why can they not let things be? Because they must not! Youth is not simply the transition between childhood and maturity. It is the mechanism of societal renewal. The young encounter our traditions without a vested interest in maintaining things as they are. They challenge the established order, creating the friction necessary to generate traction for societal evolution… or the spark of revolution. We complain that the young should learn from us, but it is WE who must learn from THEM! The world changes so quickly that our experience is a poor map for the future. Youth improvise and adapt with ease. They are the navigators of the present and the architects of the future. Youth are our moral vanguard, our engine of change. Encourage them to disrupt and demand. For if we do not listen to our youth, we will live to see ourselves conquered by a culture that listened to theirs. #worldbuilding #fantasyauthors #indiewriters #lore #speculativefiction #creativewriting #storyteller #characterconcept #pykdedek #malhelatetralogy by @robertoscribner
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2 months ago
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Educational Purpose: Building Resilience The Eighty-Fifth Thought When the mind is a storm, make the body an anchor. The ancient rival of mental agony is not peace. It is physical effort. When the mind is a storm, make the body an anchor. The world digs vermillion claws into your spirit, tears drowning your mind as you ruminate on your ruin. There is a way to break the cycle of despair! To gain control over your twisting mind, introduce a competitor. Not the hollow pain of destructive habits! NO! That damages the flesh without strengthening the mind. By commanding your muscles to burn, your pulse to quicken, you silence the storm within, if only for a few moments. Those moments are true rest. In that brief peace, you find the foundation of strength to continue your battle. It requires no epic feat. Simple exercises suffice. Only your body is required. Match the challenge to your strength, making sweat drown the salt of tears. You will get stronger with time. When the mind is a storm, make the body an anchor. Make sweat drown the salt of tears. #StoicMindset #MentalFortitude #MindsetShift #InternalBattle #DisciplineOverMotivation #ModernStoicism #MentalHealthAwareness #CopingMechanisms #Biohacking #FitnessMotivation #MalhelaTetralogy #ChroniclesofPerimet #WorldBuilding #InternalStrength #MentalAnchor #PhysicalDiscipline by @robertoscribner
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2 months ago
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The loudest war is the one nobody hears. Reel adapted from @leila_manager_ ‘s winning submission for the 101st Thought writing contest: "In my opinion, the hardest war is not the war between two people, two tribes, or two countries. The hardest battle is within human beings. This battle is between emotions — anger, hatred, love, and fear — and the things that have been taught to us and in fact have been imposed on us; and all of these have shaped our personalities and caused us to move away from the silence within ourselves and from the source of our inner power. And the hardest part is silencing the mind in a world full of noise and fear. Breaking all the patterns we have learned, reaching the silence of the mind, and hearing the voice of the heart — in my opinion, this is the hardest battle. And in the end, it has the most beautiful result, which is reaching the voice of the heart — a voice that is the voice of peace, love, and wisdom." ----------------------------------- The One Hundred and First Thought of Pyk de Dek “The Battle For Silence” The most profound war is not waged between people, tribes, or countries. The hardest battle is fought within us. It is a battle between emotions that lay siege to each other: anger and amity; hatred and harmony; fear and faith. We are born filled with love. Then prejudices are taught to us, imposed on us, drummed into us until our consciousness becomes a battlefield where love defends against every base emotion. This assault fractures us, warps our personalities. It screams in our heads, drowns out our intuition, banishes the silence within ourselves, forces us further from love, the source of our inner power. The ultimate victory is silencing the mind in a world addicted to noise and fear. We must break all the patterns we have learned. We must reach for the tiny kernel of silence in our minds. We must hear the softly beating voice of the heart. If you listen to the silence, you will achieve the most beautiful result: hearing the voice of the heart, a sound that is the whisper of peace, love, and wisdom. #Stoicism #Mindfulness #InnerPeace #WorldBuilding #PykdeDek #DigitalStillness #ChroniclesofPerimet by @robertoscribner
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3 months ago
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You cannot move on, but you can move forward. Dedicated to the architects of legacy. The Ninety-seventh Thought The Architects of Legacy It is too quiet. There should be laughter. Beautiful chaos should abound. You make too much for dinner, feeding a shadow. You blame yourself. Others say the agony will pass; you must forgive yourself. No. They speak as if this grief will run its course in a straight line. No. Your identity shatters. “Bereaved woman,” they name you. No. You will always be a mother, a father. Nothing can take that away. They say, “forget.” No. Forgetting is betrayal. You cannot move on, but you can move forward. You cannot choose to forget, but you can choose how to remember. You are the architect of their legacy. If violence took them, battle against violence. If it was sickness, hunt the cure. Turn that which took them into your purpose. Always fight with love in your heart, for hatred will poison the memory you cherish. You must suffer, but you can choose where suffering leads. To honor your child and find peace, you must be able to close your eyes and hear their voice say, “I am so proud of you!” #FantasyLore #Grimdark #DarkAcademia Aesthetics #HonorTheirLegacy #LegacyOfLove #PhilosophicalQuotes #StorytellingPhotography #GriefJourney #WorldBuilding #Legacy #IndieAuthor #StoicWisdom #ChroniclesofPerimet #MalhelaTetralogy #Fantasy by @robertoscribner
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3 months ago
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The doors to the Longhouse open, and the victors emerge! There were so many great entries that instead of three winners, five were chosen! Thank you to everyone who bared their souls for this challenge. These five creators showed how they conquer the mental storm through physical sovereignty. Congratulations to: @i__am__baran: I worry about my family in Iran and finding a country to call home so I leave the ground far below to find peace. @chi_yo_ahrha: My storm is running from pain so I walk between mountain summits to attain a constant flow of present dancing like a lotus flower in a raging ocean that remains untouched by the waving waters. There isn’t one way to fight the storm but rather a constant checking of a brew that is so sovereignly mine. @smileyriley.64: I’ve been housebound from chronic illness for over a decade so I focus on the movements I still can do, rather than focusing on what I can’t do. It helps me quiet the storm in my mind by anchoring me into my power; all I still can do. All I still am. @cvmrxv: My biggest storm is anxiety. My own mind was the hardest thing to fight: overthinking, pressure, and constant internal battles. So physical activity became my escape and my weapon. Every hard training session helps me regain control, build discipline, and prove to myself that anxiety doesn’t define me anymore. @keeksinthestars: I needed validation from others so every day I dance with my grandma. She teaches me that the only validation I need is my own, to honor my truth, and speak it when I need to. She has been my safe person my entire life, and she believes my truth. The Malhela Tetralogy is coming this year and the longhouse will open its doors again soon for the next contest. Will you be ready to answer the summons? Are you planning on entering the next contest? #MalhelaTetralogy #WorldOfSevenRings #Grimdark #HuntersOfRoko #BookLaunch #WinnersAnnouncement #FitnessMotivation #RobertoScribner #SolsticesSon by @robertoscribner
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2 months ago
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