The Rant

THE BRIEF

Doggotron is the voice of SHOUT!
He barks when he has to.
 


THE STORY

You thought you would be understood without words.
Or you hoped you would.
Well, it doesn’t always turn out that way. It almost never does. Your brain, after all, can’t be mapped for everything. And while the world may be full of mind sores and mind bogglers and mind blowers, it is, we’re afraid (and sort of relieved), not full of mind readers.
You’ve got to say things to be understood. To give the disturbed, raring, provoked, edgy, inscrutable parts of you an outlet. And thank yourself you do.
The right noise keeps the world turning. The right breaks in silences maintained for far too long or even too little keep the world engaged. The right rant (and it’s never wrong) could rid the world of debris that you just rid your own system of.
Because words do things. They change things. In the ever-evolving world we inhabit, they transform both speaker and hearer. And whiny words do it even better.

You couldn’t have never ranted. If not to someone else, surely you have to the person in the mirror. It’s that necessary catharsis to keep your arteries from being blocked; to keep your arteries from bursting.
When words flow, your blood does too.
You’re a little lighter, a little looser, a little saner and a lot less alone.

As apathetic as we’d like to seem, a lot of things affect us. They matter. Enough for us to get all knotted up about them. The bottles of our bodies get knottier and nuttier and then there’s a surge. That’s your rant. It’s your most immediate story. And it absolutely has to be told. Or better still, SHOUT!ed.

Just so the world knows you care. Because you do.
And words only make sense when they make the things that matter better.
Never mind that you sometimes sound like a ratty crab or a crabby rat.
We’ll take a grouch over leaving things unsaid, any day!


DISCLAIMER: The content on this website is merely an opinion and not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, organisation, company or individual. Nothing contained herein shall to any extent substitute for the independent investigations and sound judgment of the reader. While we have made every attempt to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the content contained herein, no warranty or guarantee, express or implied, is given with respect to the same. The SHOUT! Network is neither liable nor responsible to any person or entity for any errors or omissions, or for any offense caused from such content.

In addition to the above, thoughts and opinions change from time to time… we consider this a necessary consequence of having an open mind. This website is intended to provide a semi-permanent point in time snapshot and manifestation of the various topics running around our brains, and as such any thoughts and opinions expressed within out-of-date posts may not be the same, or even similar, to those we may hold today.

Feel free to challenge us, disagree with us, or tell us we’re completely nuts in the comments section of each piece. The SHOUT! Network reserves the right to delete any comment for any reason whatsoever (abusive, profane, rude, or anonymous comments) – but do SHOUT! with us, if you will.

LIGHT UP THE PATH

Rural living is meant to be simple. The people breathe clean air, eat clean food, sleep well and deeply, cluster under trees on moonlit and...

THE AGE AND THE CAGE

(This piece is the second in a series titled “Freedom” on the network.) We're living in an age of unfinished battles. We always have been. There are...

FREEDOM

(This piece is the first in a series titled "Freedom" on the network.) When we first began to write for “Freedom”, We couldn’t quite decide what...

DICHOTOMY

At every given point in time, we live in two worlds. The one we inhabit and the one we’d like to. The two worlds also reside...

THE THINGS THAT CHANGE OUR LIVES

  A BOOK Books change our lives the minute we pick them up. One word in, you’re living in a new reality, a different story and you...

AFTER THE MOUNTAIN SHADOW

I have lived in “The Mountain Shadow” for weeks. We all want to sometimes – live in a shadow, turn invisible, stay in the dark...

TIRED

Legend has it that you cannot be tired on a Monday. To my surprise, you totally CAN! In fact, you can be at your most tired...

MOURNING WITH A LAUGH

Margaret Atwood is hilariously profound. You would have to read ‘Old Babes in The Wood’ to admit. She can make us all mourn with...

A CRY FROM THE WOOLF

In 1932, Virginia Woolf wrote “A Letter to A Young Poet”. It was a rant of sorts to beg writers not to take themselves...

THE LITTLE THINGS

There’s a little game we ought to play with ourselves every now and then. It’s called: “When was the last time?” And it primarily involves asking yourself,...