Understand that behind you is You that is Me that is Us that is the Empty
#BlogElul 2017 Day 5– Accept
(don’t) accept mediocrity boredom banality whether of good or evil apathy insincerity punditry vapidity sloth fatigue without fight not to mention all rest of it just don’t (accept)
#BlogElul 2017 Day 3– Prepare
Prepare to show up to let go to find freedom to disappear to be carried to be alone to be one to be many to be none to be empty to be form to be formless to be dance to
#BlogElul 2017 Day 1– Act
Act… out of love out of fear out love out fear moving towards moving away striving denying with alone your age ageless the tragicomic comitragic cosmic expanse of now
Driving on Roswell Road
The other day I was driving on Roswell Road. In Atlanta. Sandy Springs, technically. It was about 6:15 pm. Suddenly. I realized. I knew the person. In the car. In front of me. Which made sense. Because we were
How might we?
How might we be a little kinder? A little more compassionate? A little more present? A little more accepting? A little more curious? A little more open-minded? A little more engaged? A little more receptive? A little more appreciative? A
Remind
The deepest truths of human experience and reality can’t be taught. They can’t be acquired. Uploaded. Downloaded. Inputed. Scanned. Computed. Etc. They’re already there, in the inmost place where things sometimes find themselves forgotten, disregarded, shunned, or otherwise put out of
But I am Not
I have a name, but I am not my name I have a body, but I am not my body I have a job, but I am not my job I have a family, but I am not my family
Inspired by Chagall’s La Vie
some of us climb ladders some stand on our heads some bend over backwards some take giant steps some twist and dance and lift our arms some spin around in circles some cover our eyes and our children’s eyes some
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
A recent writing prompt asked me to share a video that I’ve used in an educational setting. As it happens, tomorrow I’m planning to show our Davis Academy Middle School students this incredible video of Patti Smith singing Bob Dylan’s “A