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I can tell that Zorba, once again, will not let hold of me.... Chew, chew, chew... contemplate - try to understand as fully as possible - ME. And him.

Oops - Cervantes you will have to wait long time your turn.  ;) Please pause popping in, most graciously I beg - time is needed.

Reading quotes again from the book, like the one to follow - is so moving, the motion and acceptance of Life. I feel nectar flowing more freely in my heart.

In this one, 'The Boss' writes to Zorba after they have had their epiphany on the beach, which comes at the end of the movie, but continues on through correspondence and experience in the book:

"My joys here are great, because they are very simple and spring from the everlasting elements: the pure air, the sun, the sea and the wheaten loaf. In the evening an extraordinary Sinbad-the-Sailor squats before me, Turkish fashion, and speaks. He speaks and the world grows bigger. Occasionally, when words no longer suffice, he leaps up and dances. And when dancing no longer suffices he places his santuri on his knees and plays.

'Sometimes he plays a savage air and you feel you are choking because you realise all at once that your life is colourleess, miserable and unworthy of man. Sometimes he plays a dolorous air and you feel  your life passing, running away like sand between your fingers, and that there is no salvation.

'My heart is going to and fro in my breast like a weaver's shuttle. It is weaving these few months which I am spending in Crete, and - God forgive me - I believe I am happy.

'Confucius says: "Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man." That is true. So there must be a happiness to suit every man's stature. Such is, my dear pupil and master, my happiness of the day. I anxiously measure it and measure it again, to see what my stature of the moment is.

For you know this very well, man's stature is not always the same.

'How the soul of a man is transformed according to the climate, the silence, the solitude, or the company in which it lives!"

Me now: that book in my top 10 is filled to the top with insight, thoughtfulness, and the spinning wheel of life. If you haven't read it, and keep a list, you know what you might want to do.

"Bombus Bumblebee on a Purple Gayfeather at Spring Creek Prairie" by Joel Sartore

How many times have you flown on an airplane?
How many hours does it total?
I bet it's less than you've flown on a bumblebee.

I don't really know where I'm going with this.
I guess I just started with that old saw about how
Bumblebees should not be able to fly by physical laws.

And yet they do.
And so hope remains.
This is my silly morning song.
I'm full of fun facts this morning.

I actually slept through the night,
so I think there's a giddiness factor involved.
A cheer. A smile. A bit less nerves...
....Made of rice paper.

I was going to tell you this story, and still will
Even though I may have already done so...

I sat in a plasticine hard rounded back chair all night once
In the Mumbai airport when our plane was delayed.

It wasn't the most uncomfortable I've ever been
By far, but it was definitely a hunched over time
Of experiencing the Now again and again
In real time.

All I remember of it was the hard chair edges cutting
Into my legs and the worst color green I'd ever seen
Since my mother's 1966 avocado kitchen.

I'm really on about nothing here, aren't I?
The superficial part of myself is really having a go
Coming to the fore before order starts trying its hand.

Oops, up she comes when called...
See you sooner or later.

Booful renditions of the classic song.... one outdoors too.
I think a great many people have difficulty with the fantasy genre... .
I never really truly understood why,

But somehow I think symbols found there communicate to our core.

Or I could be justifying my love of those classics.

What might they reveal about our humanity without
Pointing fingers, specifically.

We fly in our dreams and our stories
And it does take us somewhere
Real.

As for the song: Compare 1972 in Santa Monica with 2003 I mentioned at the start.
They both come in about 8 minutes, so commit and relax, or, of course, don't.  ;)
Feel free to put your feet up and set a spell.

The second one came with this quote:

"An excellent live performance of the most memorable song of traffic. With great guitar solo... Walfredo Reyes Jr. - Drums Randall Bramblett - Organ "

My mother would sure love to give a bad haircut to some of these talented folks....
Like she did to me when I was little and also - for the last time - a few months ago
At a weak moment. Luckily I put the lifetime disclaimer on before the scissors came.

These photos were clearly taken with loving care
For the subject and the craft.
I want to copyright (right) each individual photographer
With his photograph, but we'll see whether I can do it
Or need to put a list of information and links at the end.

Probably at the end as it will appear as a gallery.
Test 1...2...3...

I feel badly about the idea and reality of cocks fighting, but it's a truly stunning piece.

Thanks in part to your art, I will end this day
In a much better way than I could ever have imagined.

I hope you day, too, ends with peace and sweetness.

"-Water and a Girl
Beautiful composition, excellent scenery, amazing play of colors."

"-FlickrMeeting - Genova - G3
Blue baloon, a small detail, gives the picture an incredible power."

"- Seagull on a sign
This seagull seems to have its own personal understanding of human’s rules."

"- A girl portrait"

"- Mt. Fuji"

"-Bird and Meat"

"- Autumn in red
Pure beauty. No words are necessary."

"-Bird and Water"

"- Two ways at looking at a fish"

"-Looking out of the window"

"-The Ball is Coming!
Analogue shot with Seagull 6×6 (Chinese clone of Rolleiflex), made in 1983. “The gulfball is suspended on a fishing line in front of the camera. It was a stormy day. So I had to shoot 5 or 6 films for getting one image with the ball in the center position AND a light reflection on the golf club.”"

"- Refashioned Dahlia
Photo taken at Duncan Garden in Spokane, WA."

"-Photograph Taken at the Exact Right Time"

"- Pigeon Point Lighthouse
“Once per year at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse they shut down the weak insipid modern (presumably electric) light and switch over the the 5 kerosene lamps and fresnel lens of the original, as it was 135 years ago.”"

"-If I was an old building…
“If I was an old building I would want to be by the ocean. Till’ the end of times”. Photographed at the old fishing piers of the Texas Bolivar Peninsula."

"-Sea in the sea
Incredible scenery. Apparently, the shot was made on the boat in the middle of the sea."

"-Glow
Smoke from a leaf pile."

"-Sky
The sky is reflected in a drop of water. Beautiful scenery."

"-Cockfight
Taken by Jan Sochor."

"-Here floats a bubble in the air…"

"-New Moon Mistake" I guess...

Nikos Kazantzakis is one of my favorite authors.
"Zorba the Greek" stands out for its philosophical life energy.

I had an existential literature class in my senior year of high school. Taught by a wonderful teacher, the year after she had a spiritual Experience
Which focused her instruction and subject matter toward philosophy.

During the course (pun alert!) of the the semester, we read
Camus, Sartre, Hesse, Kafka, De Beauvoir, Frankl, Kierkegaard, & Kazantzakis...
After more authors than I've listed above, we had a final examination
In which we had to order from a list of 10, which author most Exemplified the freedom of being which existentialism propounds.

This thoughtful and well-versed teacher gave what looked to be a Simple test.
She had her own list used as the gold standard for grading purposes.
Turned out I got a 90%, which wasn't bad, but I felt inside that I had Good reasons for the ordering I chose.

I made an appointment to go in and speak with her about my score.
I had never done anything like that before in high school:
A mature, conscious discussion with a mentor.
First time.

Previously I just acted out, like writing a physics poem
on the reverse side of my physics test, turning it in with all questions Blank.
Please note that physics was - and still is - one of my favorite subjects,
But I had disagreed with the methods the teacher used to teach it.

Like I knew the first thing about what it was like to teach... then.
I only knew what it was like to learn... or not.
And what I thought it should feel like.

So I went to meet my existential literature teacher in person,
Having the greatest respect for her and her methods,
I said I would like to discuss my reasoning for choosing Kazantzakis
As my number one author of existential thinking.

She showed me her list.
It was exactly the same as mine, only with
Our first and last choices transposed.
Her first was Sartre and last was Kazantzakis.

Based on my thought process and explanation - that existentialism
Can lead the free being in any direction with validity, I felt & thought
Why choose misery when you can
Choose to live, to love, to dance with pure joy...
Like Zorba lived his life.

She gave me full points, but it was more than that.

With her openness she gave me a love for discussion that continues
To lead me to ferret out the meaning of things... for my understanding.

This is what I consider one of the most beautiful film endings
Ever.

I wish that it was completely pristine and of clear quality.
Mostly I'm just grateful to see it again.

This site is dedicated to the Supreme Court,
Which has recently come back with a bang onto
The 'front pages' of all sorts of media.
No, not the candy.

I found it quite interesting -
Many ways to browse:
By justice, case, term, docket, media.
Of which there are many.

There are calendars and many things of interest
To the interested.

Doesn't seem to be 'finished,' though
I'm sure they're working  on it with all the
Benefactors and advocates to this project.
360 degree Tour doesn't seem to up yet.
Can't wait!

Might be a bookmark...
You never know.

http://www.oyez.org/

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Well, I'm conflicted.
But I know so many others that aren't.
I liked 'Twilight' despite just the few spoilery things I can't describe
Without giving things away; I don't like to do that.
So I'm sure I'll be looking forward to seeing 'New Moon' as well.

For those who enjoy Ms. Meyer's series,
Here is the supposed official first trailer out,
(*No copyright infringement intended ever*).

Though many folks made their own trailers
With many more spoiler scenes
I wish I hadn't seen, honestly.

I'm just giving a taste to the non-conflicted.
Hope I'm not treading on ANYONE'S pinky toes.

Something about vampires, is there not?
What is it? An inherent/inherited weakness/strength

 

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This is a Time Magazine interview
With Michael J. Fox.

I hope you find it as real and informative
As I did.
Especially the parts about Choice
In reactions connected to
Acceptance and Expectation.

I admire you, Mr. Fox.

Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction
And Kali, his consort...
Can be interpreted as forces
Of entropy and dissipation

But I believe it's the opposite
They are forces necessary to clear away
The cobwebs and encrustations
To make way for creativity and
What's new

I had a dream last night or early this morning
In which the fabric of my home
And reality
Were coming apart
Literally

Threads were hanging down from the sky
Tufts of ectoplasm would come off in my hand
And I felt this melancholy
That had the power to
Further destroy reality

I woke in a daze
Sure that nothing meant anything anymore
As all would come apart
Without the work that I couldn't bring to it

A vicious circle, I think 'they' call it.
And then I started...
One foot in front of the other.
Led me to see loved ones and
Pieces of a life that wanted to be sustained.

One step
In front of
The other

Clear away old forms and though patterns
Make a life, let if flow through from the roots
Of everything
Again

This is one of those small gems of a movie that you
Really miss when you miss it.
Topical issues
But more than that...
Sweet and real human connections.

I wish you could see a bit more in the trailer
But it isn't good when they give too much away
Just know that there is so much more.

That is all.