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notes on the mind and motion of moving persons--
my friends and i have decided to chase after the recklessness and abandon we were promised with youth, that which we haven't fully tapped into yet.
i'm taking my closest with me.
ours will be a shared voice, history, experience.
[you would not have been the same
were we not all mixed up in you.]
we are a breathing thing.
best friends but also vessels for our collective spirit.
to my tuscaloosa inner circle:
we should just leave.
keep walking
until we discover something.
dear ****,
sometimes you have to break down
to get to the good depths
[that's why i didn't say anything when you were crying]
100 pictures of the sky.
a new voice for every city.
wanderlust with an agenda.
maybe it's the lethargy speaking
but it seems to me that i've got a good plan for the future
[because planning, anticipation is what makes it the future]
a good plan for anyone who wants to find. . .you know, the whole thing.
finding yourself in remote locations and getting lost again in big cities.
america is made for wanderers.
nomadic tribes to pilgrims to on-the-road beatniks.
i plan to buy in to the pull.
what three items would you take with you on a spiritual journey? 9.20.06
i would take a notebook to fill with passing thoughts, pressing thoughts, to purge thoughts and also to never-forget them. the first and last pages would be self-portraits done with my eyes closed, one pre-journey and the other post-quest. the notebook is to record all observations, conversations (overheard or participated in), dates, and progress in thought. this will illustrate the spirit the best i know how
i will take a vial of my mother's perfume. so that i can sleep.
i will take a polaroid from my early childhood, so that i will remember what it is i am looking for (open-mouthed, open-eyed wonder). in this photograph, i am laughing and longhaired. behind me is texas plain and in this way i will recognize my father's country, if i come to it.
it's just a dream, but one of the worthier ones.
in other news, i'm getting quieter and quieter.
my friends and i have decided to chase after the recklessness and abandon we were promised with youth, that which we haven't fully tapped into yet.
i'm taking my closest with me.
ours will be a shared voice, history, experience.
[you would not have been the same
were we not all mixed up in you.]
we are a breathing thing.
best friends but also vessels for our collective spirit.
to my tuscaloosa inner circle:
we should just leave.
keep walking
until we discover something.
dear ****,
sometimes you have to break down
to get to the good depths
[that's why i didn't say anything when you were crying]
100 pictures of the sky.
a new voice for every city.
wanderlust with an agenda.
maybe it's the lethargy speaking
but it seems to me that i've got a good plan for the future
[because planning, anticipation is what makes it the future]
a good plan for anyone who wants to find. . .you know, the whole thing.
finding yourself in remote locations and getting lost again in big cities.
america is made for wanderers.
nomadic tribes to pilgrims to on-the-road beatniks.
i plan to buy in to the pull.
what three items would you take with you on a spiritual journey? 9.20.06
i would take a notebook to fill with passing thoughts, pressing thoughts, to purge thoughts and also to never-forget them. the first and last pages would be self-portraits done with my eyes closed, one pre-journey and the other post-quest. the notebook is to record all observations, conversations (overheard or participated in), dates, and progress in thought. this will illustrate the spirit the best i know how
i will take a vial of my mother's perfume. so that i can sleep.
i will take a polaroid from my early childhood, so that i will remember what it is i am looking for (open-mouthed, open-eyed wonder). in this photograph, i am laughing and longhaired. behind me is texas plain and in this way i will recognize my father's country, if i come to it.
it's just a dream, but one of the worthier ones.
in other news, i'm getting quieter and quieter.