There are three kinds of people in the world, those who are asleep, those who are stirring, and those who are awake. If you try to wake up the sleeping, he will just mumble and go back to sleep. If you wake up the stirring, he will wake up just long enough to curse you […]
A 13 year old note
Was going through my office desk and found a notebook with a note that I wrote in 2000 while visiting Karlsbad, CZ. Completely forgot what I wrote in it until now. While the note is somewhat cryptic, the memories it activated came back flooding through me. Kind of cool. ——– Fear. Longing. Desire. Incompleteness. Grief. […]
Я вспомнил…
Я вспомнил – и в то мгновение Я сам был тому не рад — Что это стихотворение Я начал лет сто назад. В парижском кафе, за столиком, Меж рюмок, локтей и ног. Писал я и думал: стоит ли? И все дописать не мог. О чем оно было, жалкое, Запачканное вином? Конечно, все только жалобы И […]
Железный Перстень
Приветствую тебя, железный перстень мой. Судьба опять тебя мне возвратила. Мы виделись не раз, старинный друг, с тобой, Моя рука тебя носила. Сподвижник Готфрида, суровый паладин, Я знал тебя у стен Ерусалима. Я пал тогда в бою, и видел ты один, Как в пене конь мой мчался мимо. Ты сорван был с меня неверного рукой […]
“Evil”
So, my godson and his mom went to the Universal Studios and brought me back a gift, a t-shirt. A nice, comfortable, thick cotton t-shirt. The front of if had this image. I (kind of) understand the Good-Looking Bold Guy thing. But Evil? EVIL?????? I get the reference to the cartoon. Yet…
My Voice
WITHIN this restless, hurried, modern world We took our hearts’ full pleasure–You and I, And now the white sails of our ship are furled, And spent the lading of our argosy. Wherefore my cheeks before their time are wan, For very weeping is my gladness fled, Sorrow hath paled my lip’s vermilion, And Ruin draws […]
Ma Solitude
Pour avoir si souvent dormi Avec ma solitude Je m’en suis faite presque une amie Une douce habitude Elle ne me quitte pas d’un pas Fidèle comme une ombre Elle m’a suivi çà et là Aux quatres coins du monde Non, je ne suis jamais seul Avec ma solitude Quand elle est au creux de […]
Entracte 1
Sat down to write something inspiring or, at the very least, depressing, yet could not finish – got stuck on the verbs while listening to the soundtrack of Amelie. It has been a nut of a day. No, a nut of a year. Will go back to it some other time. So instead, decided to […]
Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint
Never let me lose the marvel of your statue-like eyes, or the accent the solitary rose of your breath places on my cheek at night. I am afraid of being, on this shore, a branchless trunk, and what I most regret is having no flower, pulp, or clay for the worm of my despair. If […]
Illusion and Reality
What is seen is not the Truth What is cannot be said Trust comes not without seeing Nor understanding without words The wise comprehends with knowledge To the ignorant it is but a wonder Some worship the formless God Some worship His various forms In what way He is beyond these attributes Only the Knower […]
Все относительно
О вкусах не спорят, есть тысяча мнений. Я этот закон на себе испытал. Ведь даже Эйнштейн, физический гений, Весьма относительно все понимал. Оделся по моде, как требует век- Вы скажете сами: — Да это же просто другой человек. – А я — тот же самый. Вот уж, действительно Все относительно, Все-все. Все. Набедренный пояс из […]
Werner Erhard’s article
Got into reading this article this morning. It is the cornerstone of what I have been thinking for a while now. The man is one of the most important thinkers these days. Regardless of anything else, I admire him immensely. How has your second act been doing so far and what do you have written […]