Category Archives: paying attention

Walking Toward Winter

Posted on November 24, 2013 by randomyriad

for I am mad with     devouring ecstasy to make joyous hymns for the whole earth.  Walt Whitman, Excelsior  Today I walked and took a lot of photographs. The visual chaos of spring and summer fall away revealing the skeleton that … Continue reading →

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Understanding The Neighbors, Human and Otherwise

Posted on September 20, 2013 by randomyriad

I am living in my art studio. Things that I made hang about, and make music as I move around. Just behind my little room is a pen where two goats and many chickens live. They sing to me about … Continue reading →

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Living Like Falling Water

Posted on September 17, 2013 by randomyriad

My divorce is final, and I have been feeling very empty and removed from the world. I have been feeling a lot of anger toward my now ex-wife, but today I walked and made my life start from today. I … Continue reading →

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Love in the Complex World

Posted on July 11, 2013 by randomyriad

  I want to learn this:   for I am mad with    devouring ecstasy to make joyous hymns for the whole earth. Walt Whitman, Excelsior I wonder if it is possible. I think I remember coming close a few times … Continue reading →

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Attitudes and Obsessions: Three Random Journal Entries from 2012

Posted on December 9, 2012 by randomyriad

5/13 There are rules and algorithms to operating in social life effectively. These rules have often been a mystery to me. Luckily I am intelligent and non-violent and have never had any uncontrollable urges to engage publicly in activities considered … Continue reading →

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