Solitary Thoughts
A Series of Subjects Addressed
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. . . Rolling under tide and ebb in a recurring undercurrent of self satisfaction, people need only catch a glimpse of the shore, touch solid ground only a moment, before they once again embark on a washing of the conscience. Laughing, they point fingers, and fall back into the waves, fully expecting all the while that somehow their sicknesses will be washed away. These people have long ago abandoned hope, cast it away as an unruly reminder of how jaded and barren the shore has become. Better to roll about in these eddies of confusion, never setting foot on more solid ground. "It is too dangerous!". Is it any wonder at all that our hopes have faded in this constant laundering of potential? The conscience drowns in so much compromise, for these are not waves of water, but a looming brine of human waste: greed, a repository of neglected potential. . . .
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About the Book
Solitary Thoughts is a collection of passages
meant to impart a narrative of the author’s
struggles to cope in a society that is too
preoccupied with commercial self-interest.
Values such as efficiency and expedience
rise to the fore in a culture polarized between
production and consumption. People are
stereotyped and assaulted with expectations that
threaten their ability to live.
The author attempts to offer a glimpse of
what life becomes, having been pushed to the
periphery of what is acceptable.
About the Author
William Goff earned a bachelor of arts degree from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University and has continued studies at the University of Waterloo and University of Victoria. He currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.