Category Archives: paying attention

A Balanced View into a New Year.

Posted on January 1, 2017 by randomyriad

A New Year’s Perspective: John Steinbeck on Good and Evil, the Necessary Contradictions of the Human Nature, and Our Grounds for Lucid Hope By Maria Popova Speaking of the happy new year, I wonder if any year ever had less … Continue reading →

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It’s All So Simple

Posted on December 26, 2016 by randomyriad

….Remember you are this universe and this universe is you. Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you. Remember language comes from this. Remember the dance language is, that life is. Remember. From Joy Harjo’s “Remember” From Stony Soil … Continue reading →

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Supporting a Wave of Creativity

Posted on December 18, 2016 by randomyriad

The arabesque is, rather obviously, not a position that can be held for any prolonged length of time. Balanced on the tip of one foot, the ballerina gives her audience a momentary glimpse of the arabesque, and then she is … Continue reading →

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Three Random Quotes In Search of A Unifying Title

Posted on September 6, 2016 by randomyriad

I have been trying to figure out a title to fit all three quotes under that would tie them together, but could not manage it. Maybe they only fit together in my mind. Maybe they are pieces to completely different puzzles … Continue reading →

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Quiet Please! I Am Trying to Hear The Ghosts Behind The Scenery.

Posted on August 29, 2016 by randomyriad

  I have always felt that there was a dialogue going on imperceptible to my inadequate senses like voices mumbling in another room, mumbling made up of light and waves and interruptions and strings of events, as if, with a … Continue reading →

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