"The highest form of man uses his mind like a mirror. It grasps nothing. It expects nothing. It reflects but does not hold. Therefore, he can act without effort. [Chuang-Tzu] "
art, observation, honesty, serenity, words, noises, music, compassion, listening, warm food, dreams and sleep, friends, family, work, staring at fractals, BEing a fractal, discussions of sense and nonsense, time travel, red wines, dark beers, irish whiskey, observing and enjoying weather and severe weather,
BEing and Loving our space within the skin of the earth, films, books, maps, driving forever, building time machines from sine tones, and collecting randomly found keys and clues. everything is a clue. everything matters.
Music
hums, pops, drones, clatters, clinks, plinks, taps, thumps, bangs, booms, swishes, swooshes, screeches, scratches, drips, drops, rumbles; pulsating, loud crescendos, lulls, unnecessary pauses, abrupt starts and stops.
v o l u m e .
i'm one of those "Weather Channel" types. but i don't have cable, so it's mostly DVDs. guilty free-tv pleasures include House, Simpsons, Family Guy, and random interesting things on PBS.
Books
i like art and reference books and maps and works regarding spiritual progresses, the collective unconscious, and the Greater Good; the occasional dark humor fiction is rare but enjoyed.
Heroes
(in random order:)
LOVE, Bill Hicks, Kali, Hyperbolic Orthogonal Dodecahedral Honeycombs, worms, Anet, my dog Samson, Bryn Jones/Muslimgauze, sharks, Alan Watts, Hieronymus Bosch, whoever invented dark matter, flooding rains, tornadoes and hurricanes, barnacles, most of the women in my life, Rumi, Ghandi, the Sioux, viruses, Bill Murray, Bach, Ali G, every snake and spider on Earth, Hunter S. Thompson, Shiva, Buddha, my Brother, Coil, Nicki, blood, clouds, Neurosis, eels, Gottfried Helnwein, the Pawnee, Greg Palast, Jan Svankmajer, David Lynch, Chris Dawson, Ted Turner, fire, Thomas Edison, birds, the Cherokee, Brigitte, H.R. Giger, Steven Stapleton, the Palestinians, Kolby McKinney, Angel, bees, Brak, Andrew Mckenzie, lemurs, Mike Patton, my future friends, my future enemies, the state of Kansas, the Apache, elephants, Sarah Free, Season to Risk, David Tibet, Amy Goodman, Henry Kissenger, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Robert Fisk, Priest Holmes, ants, Justin Broadrick, whomever invented air conditioning, Fennesz, most everyone I work with at my current job, DNA Mutations, chromosomal abberations, Faun Fables, the Shoshone, turtles, Daniel Menche, ambulance drivers, Jose, auto mechanics, my Father, the Coushatta, dogs, all kinds of rocks, the Ancestors, Kongh, the state of Wyoming, that HUGE gnarly Oak tree in a lonely cemetery outside of Huntsville, Texas, Shiva, the siafu, limestone, Matthew Schultz, iron, owls, mice, Giacometti, toads, and anyone who has ever displayed enormous willpower and overcome injustice, pain, and suffering.
The only way to get what you really want is to know what you really want.
And the only way to know what you really want is to know yourself.
And the only way to know yourself is to be yourself.
And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.
I also think that Truth is so Vast, it inherently contains contradictions, and though consistency is nice, it's not required to enjoy Life or Trust one's self.
I enjoy my life, and spend my time conversing with sunsets and forests and insects and rocks and clouds and human friends, curing cancer, making intense improvisational music with my friends, drawing and painting, spending quality time with animals, learning and listening to the World and all the Life in it ... including humans. People fascinate me, inspire me, confuse me and frustrate me ... but I genuinely enjoy connecting with people, even though I can be reserved at times. I'm always exploring myself and searching for new ways to express who I am and all that I feel. None of my clocks are accurate. I don't think that Space is a Void. I don't think ideas or time actually exist. I see no point in distinguishing dreams from waking reality. I think consciousness exists to be explored, not pigeonholed or defined. I Love cooking good food and sharing good drink with friends while having long, winding discussions about existential nonsense, and don't do it nearly often enough. I like watching things come full circle. I see cycles of life everywhere. I want to learn how to speak every language, taste every spice, Love Everything and Everyone with Every cell in my body at All times, and accept Everything Exactly as it IS . . . even though nothing IS anything and everything IS nothing. Which is why a healthy sense of HUMOR is quite important :)
I Really Love these sounds and these people, and usually post bulletins when we have shows - come see us play sometime.
Speaking of bulletins, you can read the bulletins I've posted over the last 10 days by clicking h e r e.
"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are... Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in my pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return."
-[Mary Jean Iron]-
Who I'd like to meet: E v e r y o n e : aural artists. visual artists. verbal artists. pursuers of truth, dreams, wisdom, and knowledge. spelunkers. fishermen. fisherwomen. people who act from Love. tornado chasers. spellers. counters. readers. animal lovers. plant lovers. vegetable eaters. people who value honesty, respect, and kindness. tea drinkers. whiskey drinkers. people who take what they do seriously without ever taking themselves too seriously. people who lose often but who aren't losers. people who smile regularly, because they know what it means to smile. recyclers (and not just trash). people who have been repeatedly struck by lightning. music lovers. noise lovers. silence lovers. people who know how and when to laugh. confident people. people who have BIG. fucking. plans. craftsmen. explorers. specialists. writers. people who enjoy being naked in storms. people with ideas. people who care. people who understand compassion. listeners. observers. people with shameless, boundless imaginations. smart people. peaceful people. peaceful animals. people who love peaceful animals. people who love music-loving people, and those who love them. and their pets.
We exist here :
as much as we do here :
and i want to explore what's in between these fractalline layers of being.
well, maybe it's just me, but I see no reason for you to be unhappy, or to lack confidence. Keep fighting the good fight and, by all means, keep a shread of sanity, please, for me. You know we can't interact when even one of us is crazy. ;) We must both be half-sane. hehe. enjoy your trip. Call me when you return, please.
~ AWE ~ Franks Allah't. th'air bee more to come. (eye guess th'air always bee..)
and so today i singed my eyelashes while checking the gas kiln for color in the atmosphere - now each lash has a little yellowish ballwad on its tip. i am still oddjusting. ;)
talk to my people if you're going to frreak out in my direction, then. My problem solving, and being patient with insane people just can't be. Next year, I should be ready again. :)
For contributing a memory to the tribute to my Dad!! I completely forgot about the trips backwards through drive thru's!! LOL Thanks for reminding me! He really was great soul! Thanks again, I appreciate it so much!
it was good to hang out with you and kolby, briefly, this weekend. yall should come up on a weekend next month when we dont have 40 people in the house. you can bring samson, too. izzy really liked him and he drove zoey freaking crazy.
Getting back with you to thank you for being involved with Creators777.
Appreciating the fact that you joined, we wanted to get back again and thank you !
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