thoughts on how we fit into the web of community, family and society
Saying such, of course, does not make it so. I just read a review of a movie about a self-proclaimed guru. According to the review, central to the movie was the question whether or not it mattered if the guru was a charlatan if she was truly helping people. Good question, but not good enough…
How exciting to see not only what is ready to eat now — the greens and herbs and strawberries — but the promise of what will come throughout the summer, so long as my dedicated attentions continue; the weather is cooperative; and the bugs, birds, and squirrels and I can negotiate my getting a decent…
Last night I had the singular pleasure of hearing Gary Snyder read his poetry at the Folger Shakespeare Library. At the end of the reading, Mr. Snyder answered a few questions. In response to one question about advice he gives to aspiring poets, he said: “Don’t be journalists. Do hard physical labor that leaves y0ur…
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Learning when something is trash, as opposed to something to reuse, repurpose, or recycle is a true and subtle exercise of discrimination. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Who goes past oblivious and uncaring? Who goes past preoccupied? Who takes a brief glance and continues on? Who stops to watch? Who discusses and invites? Who makes a special pilgrimage? Who is inspired to create by the creative offering? Photos from last week of Doug Aiken’s Song\1 at the Hirshhorn.
I love this piece of yard art (assuming it was intended to be art). Do you have places that you have reserved for yourself that perhaps would be better abandoned? Are there places and spaces where you could grow and explore that you shy away from because of the emptiest of signs or rules? Just…
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Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves not to take things too seriously. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.