The Problem is Civil Obedience

Posted on February 18, 2018 by randomyriad

via Video: Matt Damon reads from Howard Zinn’s “The Problem is Civil Obedience”

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Mosaic II: A Drawing in Process

Posted on February 12, 2018 by randomyriad

Here are many chronological iterations of the same drawing in the few weeks I have been working on it with a few altered by the computer. I work on drawings as if I am removing layers of white with my drawing implement. I set up parameters like color and textures and materials and jump in.

I never have a clear idea of the end product when I begin that way I am constantly surprised, mostly pleasantly.

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Thinking Cattywampus

Posted on February 10, 2018 by randomyriad

Here are some random slightly askew ideas to shift your point of view and maybe your approach to life. There are so many perspectives to consider if you just pay attention.

“But what I really want is to have it sit there solid as a rock and have everybody think it is flying.” 

William H. Gass, From Conversations with John Gardner.

“Try this. Pay attention to your breath in silence. Look at your mind. Immediately we see that thoughts are popping up. Don’t react to them. Just keep watching your mind. Notice that there is a gap between each thought. Notice that there is a space between the place where the last thought came to an end and the next one hasn’t yet arrived. In this space there is no ‘I’ or ‘me.’ That’s it.”

Anam Thubten (No Self, No Problem, 2009).

“I am a peripheral visionary; I can see the future only way off to the side.”

Steven Wright

You are the passenger, yes.  Of course.  You are also the driver. 

An excerpt From Letters to an Imaginary Friend
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Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405

Posted on February 7, 2018 by randomyriad
https://www.youtube.com/embed/QGPta-CtxPk?si=0UgyXbD1w6xQal2-

I have been on the 405 many times at rush hour, and there were some days when the isolation and total lack of agency, except to inch the car forward at odd intervals, somehow relieved me of the need to care what happened next. I was freed of all obligations and my mind could wander off in search of random ideas.  But most days I could only think of wanting to be home or at work, being late, not being just about anywhere else. To think there is a person that finds that heavenly, and this film gives you the experience to understand, at least a little, the life of this woman. 

There is so much in this film. It makes me believe that all human beings need to unfold their lives into the world and we could all receive them. The drawings, paintings, and sculptures are so full of all of her life and experience. What if all people had advocates for their freedom and a place to be nurtured? What a wonderful world we could make!

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Ursula Le Guin, again?

Posted on January 31, 2018 by randomyriad

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Giant Flying Cats! This woman really had some brilliant ideas. Although, it might be a bit frightening as well. But really this is a great book filled with some very interesting writing and fantastic storytelling, and big freakin’ cats that fly around with people on their backs.

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