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Not Those Kind of Blues: blues sonnet
There is no need to holler or to shout, no need to raise a holler shouting out; those ain’t the kind of blues I’m talking ‘bout. The world is in a worry, sure enough, the world is full of worry, … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, awareness, blues sonnet, blues stanza, daily poems, depression, fear, poetic forms, resignation
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I Think Therefore
I think; therefore I am whatever in here gives a damn and whatever lays inside the lines that separate me from my mind. I think; therefore I am, at least for that brief moment’s span until I stop and think … Continue reading
6. Use Little Tricks
Every mystery or philosophical tradition from the beginning of time has invented mechanisms to help adherents pay attention to the right things, or stop paying attention to the wrong things. I’ve always been fascinated by Zen koans, Sufi teaching stories, … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, knowledge, mind games, Montaigne, religion, tricks
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10. Wake From the Sleep of Habit
I suppose one could take this advice two different ways: to wake from the sleep of habit, but also to wake from the habit of sleep. That is for the former, to be aware of everything you do by rote, … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, awareness, balance, Ben Franklin, habit, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Montaigne, Shakespeare, sleep
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Why Things Burn
A moment of brilliance, shot through the heart and left for dead on the side of the road; An instant of insight, unclouded by the circumstance of reason as the teardrop explodes; A spark from a fire too long extinguished, … Continue reading
Epiphany
Brace yourself. Epiphany does not arrive in slow reveal; long years spent over ancient tomes will like as not have no result. The right idea, when it comes, is more like lightning than the storm: a flash that cracks the … Continue reading
Do Unto Others
I was minding my own business, at the bar nursing a drink, when a big old boy slid onto the next stool; he ordered a cheap, cold one for a buck fifty, I think, then turned to me and said, … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, domestic policy, imperialism, international affairs, personal responsibility, politics, sarcasm
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