Thursday, February 4, 2010

free-floating serenity ...









time and time again, when i'm not doing something creative, i have to remind myself to stay in the moment - call the next play - do the next 'right thing' - and don't assume the future ...
that's why i mentioned previously that i need to spend a little more time meditating - it focuses the mind on the present and carries positive residuals throughout the day - in the 'perfect world' ...
i've got this tendency to create uneasiness by not putting one foot in front of the other - and of course, i get tripped up and feel off balance - you can only be where you are ...
could also have something to do with not sleeping well, certain financial and domicile uncertainties, and family members being in poorer health than myself without clear prognosis - a lot of stuff to cause a lack of sure-footed-ness - if i stray ...
stay on point - time to paint, file, and muse'ic ... later ...

day flew by - been happening a lot lately - ?
got an email from the writer, Joel Weishaus - an old friend from the New Mexico days - a monthly thing, without fail - the next five texts and images from his "Gateless Gate" series - always a fascinating and heady read - his research is impeccable and the way he sculpts ideas always fires the imagination - take a look, please!
speaking of sculpting - a Giacometti went for 105 million today - a few dollars of which he could have probably used while he was alive - but then again, can't we all ...
and speaking of surrealism - with this Lymes, my energy vanishes around 2 or 3 each day which requires a cat-nap - after waking, i'm in a stupor or half-sleep, as Breton called it, till about 7 - which makes late afternoons pretty serene ...
worked on "logos", but not much to show today ...