I’ve seen thoughts turn to ideas turn to realizations turn into theories. I’ve seen these turtles gaining ground on cheetah panthers. I am witnessing some bull’s horns growing and a sea of nerves overflowing. I have seen my very own eyes, my very own face, my very own complicated arrivals. I have seen ideas of weapons of minimal destruction and people who excel in an entire different language of knowledge or knowledge of language. I have seen optional failure if only to eventually succeed was all of our processes main function. I saw the Quad and it’s ground consumed all the leaves as if they were entering a vacuum. I saw some spirals of leaves and some spirals of paper, writing down the uttered words of minimal importance. I saw the art of taking something and making it your own. I have seen everything in it’s right place and everything in a wrongful daze. I have seen the very essence of confusion on the face of so many a student, nearly every student paralyzed with that confusion. I have seen the awakening after that confused coma and the beauty it can produce with some sprinkles of wonder and belief. I have seen that first breath after coma and it’s cloud made gate opening for the mind. I have seen sheer exhaustion in numerous attempts to understand. I have witnessed first hand this journey we are a part of and the path it has laid in between me and tomorrow. Is this vision healthy of is it of too little importance today? I have seen the rejection and acceptance of scholars. I have viewed from very far within me the opinions and vantage points of others without myself saying a word. I have seen myself speak as loud as I possibly can and still not hear what I have to say. I have been muted and amplified all at the same moment.
Collin Braasch
