Our Song

Breathing in, I am breathing in
Breathing out, I am breathing out
In
Out

Breathing in, my breath grows deep
Breathing out, my breath goes slow
Deep
Slow

Breathing in, I feel calm
Breathing out, I feel ease
Calm
Ease

All phenomena are temporary
They are subject to birth and death
When you remove notions of birth and death
The silence is called great joy

What are we to do with the creation of the eternal All before us everyday expanding and contracting above our heads in the heavens and in the unfathomable seas in our bodies? There is wonder in knowing that reverberations make us cry and laugh and that our deepest rage is the same that moved everything into itself from the void. Flickers of joy the same that lit the first movement of what we call life, sighs of relief the calm of death. We are everything and nothing, light twisting the darkness, the center flowing inward.

The lillies neither toil nor spin

"They are one in the same - Daily Work and Dirty Work."

"If it's Dirty Work equals Daily Work and if tomorrow is another day and if you are talking about people who will float in the self-contemplation or self-expression, who is going to do the Daily Work or doesn't the Daily Work need to be done?"

"Well that is a very interesting and profound question. You see, Jesus said, 'Look at the lillies in the field. They neither toil not spin.' And the thought behind it is that we are creating this work not because it has to be done but because we are busy bodies and do not know how to swim on the river of life. And we prefer a kind of senseless insect activity to a genuine activity which may often be no activity or inaction - do you see? I don't say to be quiet or to do nothing. I don't say that at all. But I do say it should have sense, it should have meaning what we do - you see? And the greater part of what we do everyday has damned little meaning." 

John Fahey is the sound of the void

Death Chants, Break Downs & Military Waltzes

by John Fahey 

1. "Sunflower River Blues"
2. "When the Springtime Comes Again"
3. "Stomping Tonight on the Pennsylvania/Alabama Border"
4. "Some Summer Day"
5. "On the Beach at Waikiki"
6. "Spanish Dance"
7. "The Downfall of the Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill"
8. "John Henry Variations"
9. "Take a Look at That Baby"
10. "Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Phillip XIV"
11. "America"
12. "Episcopal Hymn" (based on "At the name of Jesus" by Ralph Vaughan Williams)

Bandit and a Heartbreaker

Had some good influences this week. More books and music to come.

Merry Christmas.

 

Maus

by Art Spiegelman

The Psychedelic Furs

by The Psychedelic Furs

 

 

Ritual Lo Habitual

by Jane's Addiction

 

Judee Sill

by Judee Sill

 

 

Creative Destruction

The shop is starting to come together slowly but surely. There is not enough bench space currently to get any real work done... even if I did have the time or organization of thought to do anything.

Actually, fuck it, I've barely started putting my work space together. As with most of my accomplishments lately I'm still in the tear down phase. Creative destruction maturing in - I don't fucking know when.

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Incepspiration

Haven't figured out a name for this blog or even what the content will be past needing a place to organizing my sources for inspiration. Below is an note from a source of my inspiration, Max Schaaf of 4q Conditioning.

Kind of funny because the work he does inspires me and this quick piece is about inspiration. Very heady I know.

More to come.