April 1, 2012.
April fool’s day. Yes, let’s have a worldwide recognition day to reflect that we are all such fools. We know so little and therefore we have so many experts of Knowing!
I want the weather gods to say, “Just Joking!” I want to hear It is all just a hoax that it is December temperatures in April. There is no global warming heading to an ice age. “Please laugh already!” I want to hear from the cold front that lasts longer and longer each month every passing year. I don’t want historians to describe in words “what was once known as Spring”; I want future generations to be able to experience it. Somewhere.
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Tagged dreams, life, politics, relating, words, writing process
For those of us for whom it is not about money (
although that is marvelous given one needs it, however minimally, to exist in this physical space without anxiety) nor about fame or celebrity (
celebrity is a choice and it comes and goes; fame may not be a choice and can be attributed for a variety of reasons one never intended) but about the fragrant, sweet gratification of having sewn our stitch or stitches in the Embroidery of what we saw and heard and what is Possible…for those of us, there is no alternative but persistence.
Mama says persistence means you believe [honestly] in the [realistic] value of what you have to offer regardless of however ... read more »
Tagged art, books, life, music, writing, writing process
“To Converse with the greats” by Vera Pavlova
To converse with the greats by trying their blindfolds on; to correspond with books by rewriting them; to edit holy edicts, and at the midnight hour to talk with the clock by tapping a wall in the solitary confinement of the universe.
Tashaki Miyaki – Somethin’ Is Better Than Nothin’ Link to video.
Great video, I say. Resonated with me for the writing process, along with the poem. The two came separately to me. I just seated them at the same table, made of resonance.
On a personal note, I never have, and I never will, settle for something just because ... read more »
Tagged art, life, music, poetry, seekfindseek, vera pavlova, writing process
I received a note from a kindred connection—and we share many connections—Linda Holllier in response to my latest, “The Marriage of Storytelling and Writing”, over at my website, and she began by quoting what I had written…
“where stories are shared under big jacaranda trees in South Africa about the color purple and dreams inside bones“… reading your latest I immediately thought of this photo I took so I am sending it on.
Also delighted to know that there is someone else who prints out articles and highlights passages! lol
By the way, October is the month in South Africa that the Jacaranda trees blossom.
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Tagged photos, seekfindseek, south africa, words, writing process
I know NYC is not “it” for many, even those who have lived here for much longer than myself, and many move for various reasons that together trump staying here. I just wish everyone has some city, like some love, that makes them feel this. is. SO.RIGHT and you fall in love deeper as time goes on despite the shortcomings. And even when you decide to leave for this kind of love embodied in the form of an actual person instead of a city, you know that New York City was some love you will never forget.
I share the following from an excerpt I wrote about New York City in 2009 when I took ... read more »
Tagged life, love, nyc, seekfindseek, writing, writing process
