the 16th was my daughter’s 20th birthday. this year, i decided to make her an original piece and have it printed to canvas and shipped to her. it has been hard not to put it here before she got it. heh. but it has been received and so here it is… the only piece that exists as an original print. (full version has more to it, click to see it.)
‘yard sale’
the last twenty four hours have reminded me that taking a moment to think can be helpful. heh.
fuck you very much
yeah. it’s like that today. reckon we’re closing in on the full moon. i don’t even care. a few folks who can fuck off for all i care…. and fair warning, if you happen to be on the list, i suggest you take it seriously, because the last thing in the world i want or you need is what is gonna greet you if you don’t.
better late than never
you may be surprised to know there are a number of things i have never experienced in life. i could write the list, but it would be long and rather sad. but among the number of the list, the enjoyment of certain works considered ‘classics’ of art, writing, music, and film. tonight, one small remedy. tonight, i watched for the first time ‘Dr. Zhivago’.
The Underneath
Introducing a serial story of undetermined length. Birthed from a dream, installments will follow as time and inspiration strike…. They call me Finesse because I know how to win without fighting. It doesn’t mean I cannot fight, as many have found. But that is what they call me and in many ways, it is as much a warning as a mark of honor, but I am getting ahead of myself.
quotes of interest
Of interest to me, of course. The following deal with the concept of dakini in particular; her purpose, role, and method. Also of the triad in which she operates – compassion, love, and their expression via inspiration and union. Related quotes from various places as well. “Sex is the seed, love is the flower, compassion is the fragrance.” – Osho “Why do you take by force what you could obtain by love?” – Powhatan “I am not suited to polite society, To social striving, upward mobility, and making good impressions. I am radically honest, sensitive, brilliant, and blunt. I hold […]
Named
The cat has a name. In keeping with the tradition set forth with his predecessors Zen and Kamma, I’ve given him the name Daka. In Tantric Buddhism the Daka/Dakini are believed to be aids to practitioners, examples of the limitless compassion of the transcendental Buddha’s. When female, they are called Dakini, when male, Daka. The work of the Daka is usually with a Dakini who is awakening to her path. He provides a base of unconditional love and devotion (to her truth, not her mind) which encourages the her flowering. He shows her, through her direct experience, that intimacy, love […]