Double Digits

Double Digits - The words are spoken with wonder when a so far "single digited" 9 year old child becomes a decade (10). Thus hello 2010, there is no going back, you have grown.

What what.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM TECHNICOLOR TAPESTRIES

BAD HABITS

favorite book at the time : Island of the Blue Dolphins

PACIFIC REVELATIONS

So: I have been absent from workin society for a month, yep. I left to the sweet Aina o Maui - to visit my dear lova the Pacific Ocean. On my way back to the way loud big busy city I made a jet lag pause in L.A. (this is important).

Randomly, I was O.C.D.'n about sea creatures and kept heavy eyes on the big blue. There in local Los Angeles waters (in my newly reconnected water-lady state) I was vibin' something lerky. So, I opted to duck baby waves vs. paddle out....thus lay horizontally on the Venice and Santa Monica sand.

Well, to my dang vibin-surprise a day upon returning to yo yo Brooklyn I learned that Homeboy Great White literally popped up in thee ole surfin turf. Where: Sunset Beach (where a high tide puts you straight on the rocks)

The crazy thing is I dig it. And now that I know I have these ocean-clairvoyant abilities I have decided two things:

1) whale rider is a true story

2) sharks evolved from really creative and hungry dolphins

* the shark was approximately 8 - 10 ft long and was seen breaching on On October 3, 2009 at 9 a.m. Photo by Randy Wright of Horizon's West Surf Shop, Santa Monica. This awesome creature has been spotted since May 2009 cruising the area and keeping clear of surfers, SUP's, and probably fishing boats too.

EPIC SAXOPHONEZ

Technicolor Tapestries advocates http://imacomputa.org/sax/

Verse yourself with a golden age of epic sax solos (1978 - 1989).

Personal fav: Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Enjoy.

ITS ELEPHANT APPRECIATION DAY

September 22nd is Elephant Appreciation Day in America, ever has been since the ripe old year of 1996. Islam, THE RELIGION, has been on it's PACHYDERM-APPREESH GAME SINCE 570AD (meh, it's more of a Muhammad b-day jawn)... but we still win over Thailand which just started feeling appreciative in 1998. Seriously, guys?

But really, who doesn't love elephants?

Some facts about elephants that you may not know:

They eat about 500 pounds of food a day.
They piss about 50 gallons a day.
They shit about 100 pounds a day.
Pretty sure they have magic powers.

and so in honor of elephant appreciation day...

This is in New Jersey. NEXT 9/22, PEOPLE.

ADORABLE

yes, a randy fruitcake of an elephant painted these

INDIA APPRECIATES THEIR ELEPHANTS 

GO ON

firm believer in ending with elegance

PRISMS ARE:

1. A solid figure whose bases or ends have the same size and shape and are parallel to one another, and each of whose sides is a parallelogram.
2. A transparent body of this form, often of glass and usually with triangular ends, used for separating white light passed through it into a spectrum or for reflecting beams of light.
3. A cut-glass object, such as a pendant of a chandelier.
4. A crystal form consisting of three or more similar faces parallel to a single axis.
5. A medium that misrepresents whatever is seen through it.

noun

1. a transparent block, often with triangular ends and rectangular sides, used to disperse light into a spectrum or refract it in optical instruments

2. Maths a polyhedron with parallel bases and sides that are parallelograms [Greek prisma something shaped by sawing]

PRISM'S DO A LOT. GO OBJECT GO.

NOT THINKING:

Is it possible to not think? The question ignites many thoughts alone. Attempts to pause, freeze, or stopppp frustratingly cause more mind boggle. As new fixations surpass all intentions: to be still, to listen alone, to quiet the mind - one can only wonder how to "free your mind."

This question spurs a process. Either one can quit and continue to romp in overindulgence of thought, or perhaps rebel against the ego brain.

There are meditations, activities, and "the breath." How to find or succeed in these options are up to ones own accord and comfort. These navigate the mind to calm some. Perhaps, that may be all we need. A respite. A calm. A lull.

In this time of the massive info superhighway, where information is bottled down to searches. I propose slowing down and retreating from instantaneous search engine gratifications. Give some space and air between thought and answer. Allow reactivity to dilute.

Rebel - Regress:

1) visit a library

2) by stamps and get a pen pal in Wyoming

3) read Shel Silverstein's epic Poetry

4) ask someone over the age of 60 their birth story

5) glue something together

6) make a photo copy of your drivers license

7) plant a plant

8) wait in line

9) ____________________ (please fill in)

Retreating a little from the instant now may give us room to actually experience the present and examine our connectivity from a non-electric non-wired world. Not thinking is possibly not possible, but not trying is possibly not thinking.