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Created on 2004-07-23 07:46:06 (#3917303), last updated 2004-08-16
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Basic Info| Name: | Virgil Owen |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 07-17 |
| Location: | Terra Incognita, United States |
BioMy deepest apologies for referring to myself in third person, but for reasons beyond my control, it is fitting that I should:
Virgil Owen doesn’t exist. Rather, the world about him exists, but he does not in the usual sense of existence. This must sound confusing, and indeed, Virgil is often confused as to the meaning of the statement. Perhaps it is better to say that he is apart from the world, an observer, content with viewing everyday life rather than taking part in it. However, this is not to state that he is a cold and passionless person, rather, there is a jaded idealism still latent underneath his intimidating surface. A writer, he feels that he is at one with humanity, though apart. Through his poetry, he has finally come to understand that he is merely a microcosm as well as a reflecting pool.
One of his greatest pleasures is solitude, though this isn’t very often afforded. Working at the library, he is often worn out by the public. As a veneer, he often feigns a crypto-misanthropy in order to keep people away. His true refuge is in books, the world of the mind, and in his writing.
He has begun this journal in order to partake of more self-analysis, to remember (or forget) the past, look at the present, and peer into the future, for expression, and to find simple (or possibly complex) souls like him with whom to share ideas.
Judge as you wish.
Virgil Owen doesn’t exist. Rather, the world about him exists, but he does not in the usual sense of existence. This must sound confusing, and indeed, Virgil is often confused as to the meaning of the statement. Perhaps it is better to say that he is apart from the world, an observer, content with viewing everyday life rather than taking part in it. However, this is not to state that he is a cold and passionless person, rather, there is a jaded idealism still latent underneath his intimidating surface. A writer, he feels that he is at one with humanity, though apart. Through his poetry, he has finally come to understand that he is merely a microcosm as well as a reflecting pool.
One of his greatest pleasures is solitude, though this isn’t very often afforded. Working at the library, he is often worn out by the public. As a veneer, he often feigns a crypto-misanthropy in order to keep people away. His true refuge is in books, the world of the mind, and in his writing.
He has begun this journal in order to partake of more self-analysis, to remember (or forget) the past, look at the present, and peer into the future, for expression, and to find simple (or possibly complex) souls like him with whom to share ideas.
Judge as you wish.
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