Anthological

as part of a very deliberate but somewhat indulgent choice to divest myself of a good portion of my worldly crap, i’ve come to realize that as I feel like I have a lot of unused stuff that is just clutter, both physically and psychologically… it feels great to get rid of stuff now and then.

for example:
I have a porcelain Buddha (beverage container). It has a a straw hole so it’s not very sacred…

Of course, the memory attached to it is… As I recall, my very dear friends Christian and Kathy treated me to sushi and spent some quality geek time with yours truly. I believe there was miniature gaming involved, some odd looks from the wait staff, and a great tropical drink of some sort that our glassine guru contained… mmm!

But the memory is not the Buddha. The figure is not what’s meaningful. It takes up space, it occludes light, casts shadows, and watches from its shelf.

Do I need the statue to reflect on the occasion? No, but it would be wise to store a visual memory somehow, (yay technology) so when i’m 92 (I’m determined to get there, by gosh) I can still remember other, connected memories: sprawling out around our canoes and a camp fire with a marvelous small crowd with hacky sacks, guitars, keyboards and logs… or seeing a young man roll around in a tent, blink drunk and giggling.

I’m going to take some shots of my small meditating stein, and then I’m going to release the peaceful mug downstream like a flaming bier, fading out of sight. Someone will use this again. Or it will be thrown aside. It doesn’t matter.

The memory is not the Buddha.

rich
7/22/11

Well the last two years of my life have been the most stressful ever.

Also, shame on certain folk who ought to know better and behave better.  You’re setting up life-long relationships here.  Be prudent.
Thank you to those that have stuck with me and struggled along side. You rock.  No, really.
May I embark on new creative journeys soon vs. worthless despair and doom! They are after all, over-rated.

So this year was eventful.  We made a human, and have kept it alive thus far. Its leaves look healthy and it’s getting plenty of light.

We moved from our south knoxville aframe lodge to a west knoxville home in bearden, and pretty much completely renovated the aframe.  It’s on the market and we really hope it sells soon. (http://www.movoto.com/tn/817-ala-dr-knoxville/572_725583.htm)

We went to colorado for our babymoon and visited with our good friend Caren.  Coraline went snowmobiling and snowshoeing even before she was born!

My art production has tailed off but I hope to get back into it next year, at least a little.  Also plan to take some woodworking classes early in the year and look forward to getting more crafty in that area.

All for now!