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Arcadia Est Imperare Orbi Universo
complurium thriorium ego strepitum audivi
Created on 2002-02-20 10:30:33 (#474237), last updated 2009-07-04
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Basic Info| Name: | the Cherry Blossom King |
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| Birthdate: | 1966-12-17 |
| Location: | Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| Website: | Vombatus Sapiens |
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My name is Thom Ryng.
I was born in Helmstedt, Germany and lived in a house once owned by Giordano Bruno. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois and dreamed of mountains, attended college in Tucson, Arizona and learned to spin webs.
I now live in Tacoma, Washington: the outside windows bring me mountains and rain and the sea; the inside windows have shown me Carcosa.
I'm a writer, poet, playwright, and (apparently) a screenwriter as well. I'm the co-founder of Subminimalism, a literary and artistic movement that consists of maybe three people.
After twenty years of figurative wandering in the desert, I literally came out of Egypt to be baptised a Roman Catholic. I am an Oblate of the Order of Saint Benedict with Saint Martin's Abbey in Lacey, Washington.
And I'm married to my Muse,![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
jaynefury. What could be better than that?
All entries and comments in this journal copyright © 2002—2009 by the individual authors and are not in the public domain unless specifically noted as such.
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My name is Thom Ryng.
I was born in Helmstedt, Germany and lived in a house once owned by Giordano Bruno. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois and dreamed of mountains, attended college in Tucson, Arizona and learned to spin webs.
I now live in Tacoma, Washington: the outside windows bring me mountains and rain and the sea; the inside windows have shown me Carcosa.
I'm a writer, poet, playwright, and (apparently) a screenwriter as well. I'm the co-founder of Subminimalism, a literary and artistic movement that consists of maybe three people.
After twenty years of figurative wandering in the desert, I literally came out of Egypt to be baptised a Roman Catholic. I am an Oblate of the Order of Saint Benedict with Saint Martin's Abbey in Lacey, Washington.
And I'm married to my Muse,
jaynefury. What could be better than that?All entries and comments in this journal copyright © 2002—2009 by the individual authors and are not in the public domain unless specifically noted as such.
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| King in Yellow photo copyright © 2004 Francine Mastini |
The Red Queen shook her head. "You may call it 'nonsense' if you like," she said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
(Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll, 1862)
When ships to sail the void between the stars have been invented, there will also be men who come forward to sail those ships.
(Somnium, Johannes Kepler, 1634)
I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
(Gospel of St. John 6:51)
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
(William Pitt, 1783)
It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.
(Pope Gregory VII, 1078)
Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves. Let us pray for one another, that the Lord will carry us and that we will learn to carry one another.
(Pope Benedict XVI, 2005)
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St. Rita of Cascia High School - Chicago, IL (1980 - 1984)University of Arizona - Tucson - Tucson, AZ (1984 - 1987)
Miskatonic University - Arkham, MA (1994 - 1998)
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