Brushstrokes
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In a diversion from my usual ramblings, this blog is intended to give a small snapshot into the mind of a creator. My entire life, I've loved creating things purely for the love of seeing something emerge from the nothingness. Artists, creators, etc. have all been blessed with a gift - and.
12 November/Posted by aaronplaat
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The forgotten sermon
Writing
It seems like the world is going crazy these days. Truth has been replaced with alternative facts, children manufacture $350 basketball shoes, and a cup of coffee goes for fourbucks these days. America has children in cages at its borders, and drops thousands of bombs on other countries every single.
23 October/Posted by aaronplaat
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Hero
Writing
"Aaron, always use the right tool for the job." Wisdom from my Dad, harshly given after I broke one of his tools - using it for some other purpose than it was designed for. Unfortunately, it wasn't the only time he gave me this bit of advice, nor the last.
22 October/Posted by aaronplaat
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Reflections from Ohio
Writing
It's been nearly a decade since I packed my life into the trunk of my BMW and set course for the west coast. California, baby. It called me. I answered. We danced. Boy, did we dance... Eight years, four states, and fourteen countries later, I returned home to Columbus, OH..
14 October/Posted by aaronplaat
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Dental Floss and Diamonds
Writing
There's a saying that 'diamonds are forever' originally propagated by a James Bond film. My own variation of this phrase says "pressure makes the diamond" to indicate the type of force, trauma, and time required to make a stone that will last a lifetime. Will you marry me? On a.
6 October/Posted by aaronplaat
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Yet
Writing
There's a saying in the bible, which goes: "where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Growing up the church, I was used to hearing this verse. However, I never really understood the meaning behind it - until recently. I have to open this blog by remarking on.
23 September/Posted by aaronplaat
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Home
Writing
“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” For years, I’ve written the above quote, taken from Alice in Wonderland, to mark the adventures I’ve had. Each time, I.
24 August/Posted by aaronplaat
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With Love, Bali <3
Writing
At the start of 2019, I didn’t entirely know where the year would lead me. Freshly terminated from a job in the soulless tech industry, I remember sitting in my home in Portland, wondering “What’s next?” I sat at my kitchen counter and pondered where life would lead me. It.
14 August/Posted by aaronplaat
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Smartphoneageddon
Writing
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about technology and its’ impact on human beings. Specifically, I’ve been watching the impact smartphones have on the people that use them. In the tech world, the term ‘user’ was coined to define humans who use a product. I find the term appropriate, as.
2 August/Posted by aaronplaat
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Behind the smile
Writing
When I was younger, I wanted to grow up. The present never seemed like it was the right place for me to be, for better or for worse. At 15, I started full-time university. Every day I went to school, I was worried that somebody would discover I wasn’t ‘one.
23 July/Posted by aaronplaat
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