| The other day on my walk to the park,I was almost run over by a man in a large pickup truck. It was a nice,shiny red Ford or some muscular American brand,the kind you see in ads pulling a house or 18 wheeler,like that’s what you need it for. The man [...] The candle in my lantern burns days,years and nights. Thoughts of being lost flickers the flame to fright. Memories of my lover’s pale,musky loins sways its pointy tip to dizziness with swoons of rapturous flights. The idea of his demise nearly strips the spirit off its wick. So I soften to pictures [...] Detachment,often used in Buddhist teachings,implies being outside life,watching,disembodied. I believe this is a misunderstanding of the word’s deeper meaning. From the teachings of the Alexander Technique,I’ve learned how to be in my body and mind and yet not let them run my life. In other words,I direct from [...] There are places we go and places we need to go. They are similar. They both fascinate us and thrill us and also terrify us. Spiny urchins with unforgettable foibles chuckle at our fear,or knock in the night. (play dramatic,clutching string chord,perhaps a nice healthy 13th cluster,with vigorous tremolo,diminuendoing to [...] Leave the blanks empty and watch their shape evolve. Emptiness has shape. The space of emptiness has definition in relation to its surroundings. There are numerous times each day when we compulsively fill in the blanks. When a stranger looks as us oddly,we search for the reason. “Is there a smudge on my [...] | |
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