Still Sundays
May 6, 2012.
The moon rode into Earthtown last night. I could hear its supersteps around midnight.
How wide are your shoulders, Time?
New York City is a funny bone of time zones. Usually when we are awake here the West Coast is still asleep and over the Atlantic people are ending the day. How many more ways can I be in between worlds?
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I finally finished a fiction short story yesterday. It is 700 words over the submission guidelines but other than that it is finished. I could make it into two different stories I suppose: keep one for myself and the other one for submission. Or I could diligently ... read more »
Tagged beauty, choices, life, marco rojas, process of writing, questions, yoga
April 29th, 2012.
It is so very quiet this Sunday morning. Partly because no one knows how to react to the fact that it is still winter in New York City and we are one day away from May. Compared to Friday the weather is supposed to be a little more “spring-like” this Sunday. Maybe spring has always been a myth. An ideal that doesn’t exist. Or when it does we only see a day or two of it. A tiny reflection of what is possible on this earth—some divine weather—if we don’t mess with nature.
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My work-in-progress manuscript has been stalled for a little over a year now. Of course in that ... read more »
Tagged choices, marco rojas, process of writing, relating, yoga
“I came to yoga not on a journey of personal transformation, but because I put my back out and couldn’t sit comfortably in a chair,” begins Claire Dederer in an article, “My Truce With Yoga” in the October issue of Whole Living magazine.
I timely came across this article that sheds light on the 6 billion dollar yoga industry. I share some excerpts that highlight my concerns:
I thought yoga was for self-indulgent, middle-aged ladies with time on their hands, or for fanatical vegetarian former gymnasts.
As I researched studios around Seattle, I noticed that yoga came in a dizzying array of flavors and strengths, often at opposite ends of a spiritual spectrum. At some studios, ... read more »
Tagged choices, marco rojas, nyc, yoga
Still Sundays.
November 6th.
No matter how many times I write about New York City it is not enough. Not enough for me and not enough for those who just don’t see what I see.
Rage is a bull and I am a champion rider who neither tires easily nor plans on retiring. At best I can tame the beast with humor. But I find cynicism easy and eventually boring; therefore, I take whatever it is that I don’t understand by the horns: the spleen wants to spit.
That being said I never write when I am angry. I can create a fury of words that can dissolve the deads’ bones, but actually write?—never. I don’t ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, life, marco rojas, questions, relating, social media, toni morrison, twitter, yoga
October 30th.
Enjoying New York City despite the winters. Truth. Social Media and this Age of Inspiration.
The day before yesterday was a golden Fall day in New York City: sunny, bright, crisp, and filled with sunbeams shooting around every other autumn leave.
Yesterday winter came unannounced like an unexpected cavity that really should be no surprise. The snowstorm was not pretty: the sleet a constant sleazy nose drip. The snow was only “pure, pretty, and white” here and there, perhaps to create a fantasy of loveliness for those who are not here via photos taken from mobile devices. Sometimes we are able to alter our reality only if someone else believes our perception of ... read more »
Tagged life, marco rojas, nyc, relating, social media, twitter, yoga
