Something a little out of the ordinary today, firstly the top picture was taken by my brother so he has the honor of being the first person other than me to have a picture on here.  The second one I took just minutes after I let loose the barrage of bullets from the above picture.  I call this little sequence of pictures The Duality of Man.  I don't ever want to shoot anyone yet as I have mentioned before if push comes to shove I am going to shove, with bullets 7.62mm full metal jacket bullets.  Yet as the bottom picture clearly illustrates I would rather share peace with humanity then war.  I am a warrior poet yet I would rather fight my battles with my intellect and wisdom than with a gun, it doesn't take a genius to shoot a gun, christ 8 year old kids in africa use them, it takes more courage to fight with words, just ask people like ghandi and MLK.  I grew up fascinated by war, I read any book I could get my hands on, I watched every movie I could.  I dreamt of growing up and dying valiently on the field of battle.  I joined the military and it was then that I realized when the government puts a gun in your hand they don't want to try to make peace, unless it is through superior firepower and I started to become disillusioned.  Don't get me wrong I still respect and honor the military and all those who serve(d) I just realized I spent 17 years of my life chasing the wrong dream.  Of course everyone's mind set changes as they age and see that thier prioritys change and it wasn't a total loss, I was living in Key West, Florida at 18 years old being paid by the government to live in a beachfront condo so I suppose I got something out of it.  Anyhow back to the main point. I strive for peace I want mankind to stop being greedy and to make love not war, yet I am a realist and I know the sad fact is being able to use a gun properly is an unfortunate attribute that will be useful in the future.  I am striving to end all war and conflict in the world and the question soon becomes how does one person stop what humanity has been doing for thousands of years, to that I have no answer yet but I do know that a small spark can start a large fire.  I will try to find a way even if it kills me.  By the way it is day 2 of my if you can't say something nice experiment and I am still going strong (hint, you can think it just not say it). So until I find out how to end all war I will just continue to take pictures and write about them all the while my mind will still be chugging away looking for the solution. So until manana, PEACE!!