Ode to a Rendered Chasm was written as a response to the integration of imperfection into everyday life. It is a desperate plea, scraping at the inevitable cliff of age and entropy and pain, asking to spare our life one more day of innocence. It is a fear of continued marring of the inner narrative that subconsciously describes itself as perfectly reactionary, unblemished neural firing, and as an unbiased agent in a static world. The book culminates in the poem Ode to a Rendered Chasm--the book's namesake. This epic poem is a postmodern take on the classical loss of innocence, fading in and out of a twisted Trojan War in which the Greeks lose, the heroes die, and evil reigns supreme. Ode to a Rendered Chasm sings its defiance to the humanist covenant that promises salvation in the fulfillment of a self that is scarred by its experience and must pursue objective goals to achieve self-actualization. The Chasm of individualized existence explored in this poem cannot be cured through metacognition, soul-searching, or anything found within yourself. It is this conflict between the cultural omniscience of humanism and confrontation with your own imperfection that the book attempts to render for the reader.

Ode to a Rendered Chasm was written as a response to the integration of imperfection into everyday life. It is a desperate plea, scraping at the inevitable cliff of age and entropy and pain, asking to spare our life one more day of innocence. It is a fear of continued marring of the inner narrative that subconsciously describes itself as perfectly reactionary, unblemished neural firing, and as an unbiased agent in a static world. The book culminates in the poem Ode to a Rendered Chasm--the book's namesake. This epic poem is a postmodern take on the classical loss of innocence, fading in and out of a twisted Trojan War in which the Greeks lose, the heroes die, and evil reigns supreme. Ode to a Rendered Chasm sings its defiance to the humanist covenant that promises salvation in the fulfillment of a self that is scarred by its experience and must pursue objective goals to achieve self-actualization. The Chasm of individualized existence explored in this poem cannot be cured through metacognition, soul-searching, or anything found within yourself. It is this conflict between the cultural omniscience of humanism and confrontation with your own imperfection that the book attempts to render for the reader.

Ode to a Rendered Chasm was written as a response to the integration of imperfection into everyday life. It is a desperate plea, scraping at the inevitable cliff of age and entropy and pain, asking to spare our life one more day of innocence. It is a fear of continued marring of the inner narrative that subconsciously describes itself as perfectly reactionary, unblemished neural firing, and as an unbiased agent in a static world. The book culminates in the poem Ode to a Rendered Chasm--the book's namesake. This epic poem is a postmodern take on the classical loss of innocence, fading in and out of a twisted Trojan War in which the Greeks lose, the heroes die, and evil reigns supreme. Ode to a Rendered Chasm sings its defiance to the humanist covenant that promises salvation in the fulfillment of a self that is scarred by its experience and must pursue objective goals to achieve self-actualization. The Chasm of individualized existence explored in this poem cannot be cured through metacognition, soul-searching, or anything found within yourself. It is this conflict between the cultural omniscience of humanism and confrontation with your own imperfection that the book attempts to render for the reader.