view2021/5/10 #poetry
What would it be like, to be relaxed about cash. Carefree with money. Income agnostic, bold with expense. Just live and experience your life as stable and secure.
Have a day of work for the fun of it. Have a day of fun for the sake of it.
Take all the time you need with any task of any import. Be sure that doing it right is all that matters, no pressure to do it at all so may as well do well.
Work a trip into your schedule, easy. The limit to what to do is time alone. When is not a question about when it doesn't interfere with your main source of income, but just when.
Learn only for the sake of your own personal goals. Or learn things just because they are interesting. Never a bureaucratic cause to study. You jump through hoops for no one else.
Choices are just as complex, values have just been shifted from need to want.
Obstacles are of a different nature. Less frustrating; very much more of a challenge than a problem.
view2021/5/9 #poetry
Here's a nice way to start the day
Create for a while, with words I play
This isn't fun without a meaning
So rhyme or not I'll keep a log
of ideas that spring to mind
The secret to creativity is don't try to be clever.
You, simply performing the procedure, will create unique enough results
it may only be subtly different than what another made but that will be appreciated.
If drawing, a room full of people will come up with quite an array of results if told to draw an apple without a reference. 2D, 3D, colored, grayscale, sketched, cartoony, a logo, different mediums/materials would be chosen if given the option, and different levels of artistic proficiency would reveal themselves. If writing, people being told to describe anything, similarly would come up with a variety of different results. The thing could be general, such as 'a house' or specific, such as 'the nozzle on this fire hose', and there would always be variety in results. Creativity doesn't need to be of a new kind to be meaningful.
Just go, make what you are noticing or observing at present, whether internal thoughts or external things, describe them or explain their significance. After such explication or exposition you may feel that going back over it to fit it into a framework or story would suit your current interests or needs, it'll be much easier when you have the material to mould than it would if you were trying to come up with situations and ideas that fit the story in the moment. If you are already given the framework that you'll need to have the result in you can work through that very perfunctorily. No need to 'make it interesting' or 'be creative' your individual way of processing language is enough to make it yours as you complete the task, and that is enough for it to be considered creative.
view2021/5/8 #poetry
There's much to say about making one's way
in the way that one feels a fit or not
I like to think that the secret of choice
is to ignore demands and just go with the gut
'do what you like' may fit for some
but fulfillment is not always straightforward
if the challenge to great, struggle won't abate
considerations should not be ignored
take a chance, make a move
learning takes many iterations
remember though, if you do choose
unenchanting and distasteful employ
it won't turn into something to enjoy
view2021/5/7 #poetry
Wonton hoops ringing stonebird wing dive
Suspance flashes and dashes of new
Order out fo
Credit to the biggest mouth
When this is that we will
all go
all go
all go
toheather
gather water wetter
whoooooooooo hoo hoo
whew
close one
almost survived
what a wicked curse to be alive forever
never
to renew
have no chance to go back through
redo the do
Order in not
knot
knowhat
no watt
now hat
Noe hot
Plmnm will be the nom de plume
for today
yay
ok?
view2021/5/6
Sun is coming out around 20 to 6. I find the fog subtly illuminating to be extremely pleasant. Perhaps describing it as the sun coming out is not apt. It gets light.
I wake up earlier than I would expect on many days lately. I'm not sure how much sleep I should be getting. If I go to bed at a slightly different time I sleep for hours more. It is very intriguing.
I would like to live somewhere more like this, with birds, insects, and trees. I don't think I can give up my apartment, unfortunately. It's too luxurious. I'll see how I feel after I have eliminated much of the material objects that burden my storage and attention.
view2021/5/5 #poetry
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the siren is designed to take your attention
perhaps it's abuse
I tend to think it is over the top
I'm not usually it's intended audience
I'm very rarely in a car, well insulated from noise
and with the stereo turned up to earsplitting levels
I can see why such a loud siren would be needed to break through such a scene
and the volume also helps for being heard from far away
I'm often not far away
and it hurts my ears
would be great if the cars all went around in underground tunnels
that would make the soundscape much better
the streets would be much safer too
generally more pleasant
could be nice
could be better
could happen if we wanted it
as with so many things
view2021/5/4 #poetry
I offer you the chance to find out what it is that you really want to find out.
I offer you directions to moving in the direction you need to go.
I offer you options for choosing between options.
I offer you attention on administering your attention.
I offer you some time to carefully understand how to best use your time.
I offer you a way to get out of your way.
I offer you focused working through any impediments to focused work.
I offer you tools for creating your own tools.
I offer you practical advice for following practical advice.
I offer you progress past the blocks to your progress.
I offer you interest into the origins of your interests.
I offer you top down reasoning to get to the bottom of the complexity of your life.
view2021/5/3 #poetry
Perhaps I should clarify:
There is no self
No you
No I
No me
No subject
That which becomes known
The experience of this
Knowing
Having
Doing
Seeing
Hearing
Feeling
Sensing
Being
In relation
To it's object
Is that relation
There is no self or other apart from it
No subject perceiving object other than
As parts
Of that relation
That experience
It occurs at once
All parts together
Indivisible
Like space
Without space
Stuff couldn't exist
Everything would be together
In the same spot
But not really
To even have a spot
You still need space
But space isn't there
It only exists as a relationship
Between things that aren't together
Self isn't there either
Being only a reference
To separate sensing from being
Without an experience of self
This can get confusing
view2021/5/2 #poetry
I shouldn't expect too much of myself
it really wouldn't do
it could make me quite despondent
it could put me in a mood
To maintain my motivation
what would really serve me well
is just gentle determination
that dazzlement I expel
I've got lot's of time to play in
If I make my task a chore
it constricts the flow and freedom
I won't like it anymore
So from this day going forward
I'd encourage you to note
that my daily writing practice
may not be something you can quote
view2021/5/1 #poetry
Night is bright
City full of light
Never feels quite right
In bed tucked in tight
No darkness in sight
The urban person's plight
Go to sleep despite