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Refrain from Sauntering in a Singular Direction

© Mike Yost

The Bluebird

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Behind the Sun

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All Smiles

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Cast Down from Above

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Clouds without Chaos

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Ball of Fire

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Beneath the Surface of Things

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Dancing in the Shadows

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Floating in the Sea Above

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Coloring Colfax

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Wired Immense

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Why writing?
Why a novel?

It was my catharsis.

I had to recalibrate my mind after rejecting the very faith (the very meaning of my existence) that exhorted my  yearning to love and be loved as an abomination. I had to process the isolation and self-hatred of being a gay man in the military during Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

I had to navigate depression, suicidal ideation, and a life void of purpose.

So I cultivated and nurtured my own purpose. I studied fiction and philosophy.

I merged the two into a novel.  I lived and breathed and took witness through five characters, woven together into a single narrative.

The five characters are based on the five existential archetypes outlined in Simone du Beauvoir’s, The Ethics of Ambiguity.

The Nihilist
The Sub-human
The Adventurer
The Serious Man
The Passionate Man

I’ll leave you philosopher lovers out there to figure out which character belongs to which existential archetype.

Writing this book saved my life.  It’s a pretty good read, too!

My First Novel: Remnants of Light

Just a guy trying to be creative before I’m kicked off this spinning spaceship suspended in a vast void.

Why photography?

We’re forever locked within a specific set of limited perceptions and spatial relationships.  This vision we enjoy is defined by cells stacked in the eye.  These cells only absorb and process a small portion of the entire spectrum of light.

We see so little of what is truly out there.

I try to use the camera to deviate from those familiar perceptions, to reframe those spatial spaces, to expose thin slices of time that change our relation to experiences teaming with unknowns, flashes of awe, and beauties unseen.

Or in the words of Bob Ross: “Beauty is everywhere.”

© Mike Yost and hidden [ ] void, 2011 – 2018.

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