What is your relationship to independence?
Paradoxical. Historically it's been a real challenge for me to live with another person, at least in the past five or so years. It seems to be part of my nature to need solitude almost... More »
Paradoxical. Historically it's been a real challenge for me to live with another person, at least in the past five or so years. It seems to be part of my nature to need solitude almost... More »
Song The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we carry is love. Who can deny? In dreams it touches the body,... More »
Lately I've been playing around with this haiku magnetic poetry kit I got recently. I've been putting the words together kind of instinctively, not terribly quickly but not without a lot of deep thought. it's... More »
It's Irish poet Galway Kinnell's birthday. I heard him read once at the University of Georgia, in the late 80's. Incredible reading voice, rolling and burry, and a strong gentle presence. Oatmeal I eat oatmeal... More »
Relying on solitude is easy; giving up things to do is hard. --Adept Godrakpa, from Hermit of Go Cliffs
What’s the currency of solitude? A way of trading explanations for silence, verbosity for stillness, observation for freedom? Are there coins that will show me its face, or maybe an image of the forest where... More »
Today I am Going to Start Living Like a Mystic by Edward Hirsch Today I am pulling on a green wool sweater and walking across the park in a dusky snowfall. The trees stand like... More »
Winter solitude-- in a world of one color the sound of wind. --Basho
Noticing, observing, watching. Thinking, not thinking. Working, relaxing, goofing off. Sleeping, listening to music, reading. Sitting in front of the fire. Preparing. Practicing.
Last night I went for a walk. I'd recently read somewhere that beginning one's walk coming from the opposite direction helps keep the walk fresh so I did that. The little green house at the... More »