miffy in red

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2010-11-09T20:21:00.000-07:00

2010-05-06T10:41:00.003-06:00

"rediscovery of the unique"

2010-01-18T16:22:00.001-07:00

"Science is a match the man has just got alight. He thought he was in a room -- in moments of devotion, a temple -- and that his light would be reflected from and display walls inscribed with wonderful secrets and pillars caved with philosophical systems wrought into harmony. It is a curious sensation, now that the preliminary sputter is over and the flame burns up clear, to see his hands lit and just a glimpse of himself and the patch he stands on visible, and around him, in place of all that human comfort and beauty he anticipated -- darkness still."

from H.G. Wells "The Rediscovery of the Unique"

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2009-11-10T16:15:00.000-07:00

off on a rabbit trail, following one point of an arguement while not yet grasping the premises. my mind is being blown wide; everything is more expansive, more complex, more difficult. i see why this orbit takes a lifetime.

before we bomb our moon

2009-10-09T03:00:00.002-06:00

ella stares spooky t'ward the stars

as if she somehow sees, already,

that our shining moon soon will explode.

we'll lose a magnificent, magnetic man.

ella's smile stretches, curls wide, ever-glad;

she loves inconveniences, too!

ush-ode

2009-10-06T02:22:00.001-06:00

it is just something wonderful. my chest stays open, my chest stays higher, n i feel my third eye stretching back behind either ear.

it is still that thoughts chase away, quickly curious; repeated distractions race time. but - also there is a body-awareness. sensations pull attention toward the physical, n somehow pleasantness, comfort, beauty (in these times especially easy to appreciate) curl my thoughts n calm my body.

invigoration plus inspiration, when overused compounds into quick-hearted, hyper-alert, destructive, anxiety; but, the positive is so enticing, that it attracts well-worth its risk.

on some of schopenhauer

2009-08-10T19:53:00.004-06:00

schopenhauer has shown me the human species, and i am grateful, for his insight into our instincts, our intentions, and our nervous system can reduce my focus down to essential needs, which apart from, i am ever-encouraged, there are no requirements or regulations for existence. this awareness frees me from any summation of myself aside from physical contentment, which in-turn leads only toward proper physical care.

(arthur schopenhauer's On the Suffering of the World)

elizabeth wolfe the cat

2009-05-02T07:05:00.006-06:00

one can see in her eyes, that she is cheshire, but i did not recognize those stripes or that grin until we were home. i surmise that in her kennel she had worn a disguise; i fell the fool and forever now am play-thing of the wacky cat.

but this wacky cat does not want to be my friend, cheshire is haunting, constantly changing size, disappearing, reappearing - would i have a kind kitty had i completed that carroll essay?

failure again, now has stolen away even my pet. wonderland only bemuses the sane; madmen belong trapped troubled beyond rabbits' tunnels.

censorship

2009-03-02T20:59:00.003-07:00

while there are still some words that cannot be published, one is ever captive within a supposed self. the advice of william james, to act as if one already has the qualities one wishes to have, in practice produces merely a false framework. within any individual this conflict will result in complications, physical or psychological, for what is repressed resurfaces elsewhere. with these complications in mind (quite literally), i wish that i could step out from behind the fear of honest expression. i believe that my personal success lies just beyond the seemingly insurmountable mountain of self acceptance.

2005-01-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

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