March 25th, 2012
STILL SUNDAYS
New York City can’t make up its mind whether to continue enduring pain and stay in winter or finally move forward into spring and summer.
Stillness is a peyote that shows what is real.
You can’t jump into stillness, you work your way into it and realize it is a fusion of all sorts of coming together.
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It was in Paris when James Baldwin was first able to come to grips with his explosive relationship with himself and America. Of course that is not why I went there in 2001—I have never followed in the footsteps of anyone—-this is not a boast, just a fact, just how ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, life, process of writing, questions, social media, twitter
Today doesn’t need a date, 2012.
Trying to understand how I see New York City and how an artist sees what is and is not really there.
A weekend ago I was saddened by my inability to successfully articulate to another what is it that I “saw” in New York City. It is like a fairytale that is true only if you believe it. I questioned whether the lens through which I have viewed New York City is tainted with unearned affection. Something I have just made up!
I know many people who live here because they have always lived here. There are also people who have no desire to visit other towns ... read more »
Tagged art, beauty, life, nyc, photos
February 26, 2011
Still Sundays.
There is fair weather, great weather, and then weather I simply categorize as Wrath of the Universe.
New York City’s weather yesterday was some Wrath of the Universe.
The weather in New York City feels like a curse from the Universe right now. Did winter come late this year?
I know my mother is right and I am not supposed to take it personally. It is just winter. It doesn’t have a personal vendetta against me. It will pass like all the years before. But I do take it personally. In my vocabulary the word cold doesn’t suffice…only wrath of the universe makes sense. I know there are ... read more »
Tagged art, life, questions, relating, religion, social media, viktor frankl
February 5th, 2012.
The super bowl of social media and creativity.
I woke up thinking about Wednesday this morning. As if Wednesday was a person I knew.
This last Wednesday was a chaotic morning and no amount of breathing was going to lift me out of the mushroom of frenzy.
Usually calm and steady, on Wednesday morning I was agitated and hyper sensitive to noise. I always try to see what is the longest amount of time I can go without plugging into music with my headphones. This time even music didn’t help. People rushing to some grand nowhere. I joined them to head to one of the most dilapidated parts of New York City. ... read more »
Tagged art, authors, bell hooks, books, life, process of writing, questions, relating, social media, twitter
It is a new year after all.
Makes me wonder about all those other “new” years. I never felt they were new per se so it wasn’t that I got duped the last decade with the habitual hype at the end of the year. It is just that I couldn’t participate as authentically as I would have liked because I knew better in my bones. But this year is finally new.
new | n(y)oō |
adjective
1. not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time
2. already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time
3. just beginning and regarded as better than what went ... read more »
Tagged 2012, art, choices, ibn sina, life, non-fiction stories, process of writing, relating
