Category Archives: paying attention

Anatomy/ A Personal Tour #2

Posted on December 18, 2010 by randomyriad

Introduction I continue my exploration of personal anatomy moving downward from the head. I realized after the first section that none of the exploration was visual because I did not use a mirror, and as I did not wish to … Continue reading →

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Self Experiment in Anatomy: A Personal Tour of A Human Body

Posted on December 17, 2010 by randomyriad

Introduction The body you tour will be your own, and therefore may or may not contain the same parts. Each body is unique. Though produced by the same process initially, each will go through its own lifetime of actions, reactions … Continue reading →

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Storytellers Inside the Story: Cormac McCarthy’s “The Crossing”

Posted on September 18, 2010 by randomyriad

I have been listening to a fine reading (by Alexander Adams) of Cormac McCarthy‘s  “The Crossing.” In it the Author uses different voices to comment on the nature of storytelling, good and evil, life and death, the value of art … Continue reading →

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What Light Was Doing In My Neighborhood Around Noon

Posted on August 18, 2010 by randomyriad

Today I went looking for light and found it making a spectrum of amazing colorsI found a swarm of bees as well. And, shadow was there too hanging about the edges and underneaths and laying around on the ground next … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Posted on August 15, 2010 by randomyriad

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading →

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