https://keale.love keale's thoughts and writing en-us Fri, 08 May 2026 11:55:43 +0000 https://keale.love/images/favicon.ico https://keale.love https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=an-ode-to-love-dreams-tarot-cards-and-rorschach https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=an-ode-to-love-dreams-tarot-cards-and-rorschach Thu, 07 May 2026 14:41:00 +0000 A literary review of a tower to something. I love you. My love is plastered on everything I touch. These words on your screen are one of many; look to the night sky, pluck a dot, and observe it — ther... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=a-tower-to-something https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=a-tower-to-something Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:32:00 +0000 Walking down this particular road, she heard a sound that wasn’t really a sound, not really. It’s the kind of thing she hears when her ears are perked, searching for something to listen to, as if attempting to reinforce the misplaced belief that something was following her. Darting her eyes a... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=there-is-no-destiny https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=there-is-no-destiny Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:17:00 +0000 and no more damaging advice than to follow your dreams.Book Review of The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoIt’s a terminating thought. Dreams are good in and of themselves, and chasing them cannot be damaging because to achieve a dream is the start and end of the prescription. What... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=you-really-shouldnt-be-here https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=you-really-shouldnt-be-here Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:34:00 +0000 Hey. It's been a while since we last talked. This probably isn't the best way to do this. Actually, it might be the worst possible way to do this. I wrote and rewrote and wrote over this letter so many times and in the end I chose not to publish it. That is, until the police knocked on my door.... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=the-room-where-the-colors-are https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=the-room-where-the-colors-are Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:16:00 +0000 It's dark. It's so dark. I'm scared but I love the colors. Even in the dark I'm not alone. They're dancing, the colors, and I love them because I'm scared but I love the colors and I'm not alone. I'm not alone. Hello. How are you? I'm fine, thank you. Oh, the colors. I love the colors. It's dar... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=two-words https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=two-words Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:35:00 +0000 What do you do when life is too painful to bear? It's easy. You live. Two words.The most debilitating two words someone could tell you when you're so beaten dow... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=dont-read-this https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=dont-read-this Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:43:00 +0000 Don’t read this.Don’t you dare fucking read this, you bitch, until you’ve read a story for the eyes of God, my book review of The Four Loves. Wouldn’t dissecting a frog be more fun if you saved the killing and... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=a-story-for-the-eyes-of-god https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=a-story-for-the-eyes-of-god Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:03:00 +0000 https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=lying-about-what-matters https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=lying-about-what-matters Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Book Review of Lying by Sam HarrisI had never considered honesty a worthy fundamental value alongside compassion, integrity, and others. It's the capital G, capital R, "Golden Rule," that's so culturally fundamental that nobody even attempts to participate ... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=helmets-all-the-way-down https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=helmets-all-the-way-down Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Book Review of Mindset by Carol DweckYou're sitting in a chair, so blissfully unaware of the virtual reality helmet you've had on your head from the moment you were born. You've always had this helmet. There were times you got close to taking it off, but yo... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=theres-no-shorthand-for-love https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=theres-no-shorthand-for-love Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 You don't love your best friend because of their degree.I mean, I sincerely hope you don't. I would hope that you have love for them completing the program, but they're deserving of your love beyond having completed their degree program. Because there's so ... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=knowing-others https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=knowing-others Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 I think everyone has fluid mental models of the world that change throughout their lives. These mental models are basically structures of assumptions that let people more or less accurately predict future outcomes. I like to call them "frames". Naturally, as people experience contradiction... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=kula-who-met-god https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=kula-who-met-god Sat, 29 Apr 2023 10:52:00 +0000 Kula lived on the outskirts of a village with his Father. Kula enjoyed many things. Kula enjoyed sitting by the fire with the other children, listening to the village women speak stories of their tribe, of the village and safety and family and friends, of the forest and bounty and fruits a... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=vestiges https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=vestiges Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bookbinder: You and I. We are akin to the twins, no?Tailor: Confused. How do you mean?Bookbinder: Clarification. The binary star system of which we orbit.Tailor: Annoyed. I understand cosmology. I do not understand the comparison. I am not akin to ... https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=the-vagabond-of-aeolia https://keale.love/blog/blog-post.php?slug=the-vagabond-of-aeolia Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:36:00 +0000 Hello reader! Here's my attempt at a light novel that I started writing at age 17. There may be something interesting here for you. There may not be. There was for me, but then again, I wrote it. Whatever map you find here, I hope it's at least entertaining. Keale 02/23/2026 ...