02006-02-22 | Uncategorized
GLOBAL VISION : PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
If everybody would agree that their current reality is A reality, and that what we essentially share is our capacity for constructing a reality, then perhaps we could all agree on a meta-agreement for computing a reality that would mean survival and dignity for everyone on the planet, rather than each group being sold on a particular way of doing things.
– Francisco J. Varela
A reality meaning one reality, one single view, one perspective out of many… How do we construct a reality that means survival and dignity for everyone, instead of each group fighting for their particular version of doing things? I think Ken Wilber has gone a long way towards creating a theoretical framework for integrating multiple perspectives. Also see this tale: The Blind Men and the Elephant.
02006-02-21 | Uncategorized
I practiced/played guitar for a couple of hours in the afternoon. It is nice when the hands feel warm, responsive and supple after about an hours worth of playing.
Lester offered to replace the top of my 2005 Negra. I was putting the guitar back into its case when my son lost his balance and broke his fall by placing a hand on the top, which held him up, but unfortunately caved in the process.
I’m in full water-saving mode. Bucket in shower to catch the cold water before it is hot enough to jump in. Bucket in kitchen to catch water from cooking vegetables or pasta. No moisture in Santa Fe in 4 months.
02006-02-21 | Uncategorized
The Japanese culture has created an amazing shorthand for talking about objects or art.
Japanese Aesthetic Qualities for Judging Suiseki
Wabi can mean melancholic, lonely, unassuming, solitary, desolate, calm, quiet, still, impoverished or unpretentious. Wabi is a subjective feeling evoked by an object, the classic image being an abandoned fisherman’s shack on a lonely beach buffeted by a strong wind on a gray wintry day.
Sabi can mean ancient, serene, mellowed, antique, mature and seasoned, as well as lonely, solitary or melancholic. The presence of Sabi is often suggested by patina and other signs of age or wear on a treasured antique.
Shibui can mean quiet, composed, elegant, understated, reserved, sedate or refined. The quiet and understated elegance of a formal tea ceremony communicates much of the essential meaning of shibui.
Finally, yugen can mean obscure and dark, although this darkness is a metaphor for the mysterious, the profound, the uncertain and the subtle. The classic illustrations of yugen are the moon shining behind a veil of clouds, or the morning mist veiling a Mountainside.
Thanks Y.
02006-02-20 | Uncategorized
At 20 February, 2006 20:28, Just Me said…
According to dictionary.com ordinary is “not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree…”. Your music is anything but ordinary although I think I understand what you mean when you say you would like it to be “intimate & ordinary.” To be personal and yet universal? To have meaning only for us and yet for everyone who hears it? I’m just not sure that “ordinary” does it justice.
Thank you. Should I call you “Just Me” or “Just You”? I think ordinary is very good. Ordinary has no aspirations, no claim to greatness, and no claim to I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing. Ordinary does not have to prove anything. Ordinary does not compare itself to others. Ordinary just is.
I like being in love with the ordinary, and I like when ordinary things begin to shine – not in a glossy, chromey sort of way, but in a very simple way. That tea-bowl that doesn’t look fancy, but fits my hand so perfectly. That plant that doesn’t have a single colorful blossom, but stretches to the light in such a beautiful arc. Ordinary is about how blue the sky is today and how funny my grumpy face was this morning before that first pot of tea.
