A genuine work of art must mean many things.
The truer its art, the more things it will mean.
-George MacDonald

This afternoon I stood in the yard in the rain ( Read more... )

1. Go exploring. Explore ideas, places, and opinions.
The inside of the echo chamber is where all the
boring people hang out.
-Jessica Nagy, "How to be More Interesting (in 10 Simple Steps)"

I hate midwinter.

Everyone who knows me, knows I hate midwinter.

Gonna put one foot in front of the other
until spring.

Going slowly, maybe.

But going.

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He says the best way out is always through.
And I agree to that, or in so far
As that I can see no way out but through --
Leastways for me -- and then they’ll be convinced.
-Robert Frost, "A Servant of Servants"

I see so many people struggling ( Read more... )

Don't know where I am.
Only matters where I've been and
How I'm going on.
-me, on the road this morning

Have been pondering "communities vs. individuals" a lot ( Read more... )

My feet travel five, seven, five.
My hands hold a book, an iPod, cold blood, and keys.
My heart is so very far away.

Earlier heard birds ( Read more... )

A conversation at dinner last night
reminded me to write things down
when I'm thinking of them.
Or of you.

This will go through revisions,
hopefully many.
But for now it's a starting point.

I see you ( Read more... )

... I guess I'll have to show more skin
in the next one. The public's demandin' it.
Y'know, when they ask for meat
you can't give 'em vegetables.
-Ruby Carter, _It Ain't No Sin_

If you did something for me ( Read more... )

3 is not the same as double ( Read more... )

Been feeling a lot more like myself lately.

A lot of me. And then some.

Kinda nice.

Meat and salt, and juice for me.

A pair of roller skates, and a brand new key.
Perhaps I have the universe. Or maybe it has me.

Switch off the mind and let the heart decide
who you were meant to be
Flick to remote and let the body glide,
there is no enemy
Etch out a future of your own design,
well tailored to your needs
Then fan the flame and keep the dream alive
of a continent, a continent, a continent, a continent...
-Thomas Dolby

If I were a believer in omens, this ( Read more... )