say nothing for a spell
Silence
Lets the other in
Secures our relationship
Gathers clarity
Opens stuffy places
—stay with me
—say nothing for a spell
:- Doug.
living through
It seems my writing needs to come not from thinking, but from living coming through.
:- Doug.
Slap away a comforting hand
It is possible to feel alone at a church service
It is possible to slap away a comforting hand
It is possible to choose depression as a way of life
This is not the choice
of the Spirit of Creation
:- Doug.
I need some rhythm
I need some rhythm
rhythm in my writing and it takes me flying
syncopation doing numbers for my taxing duty
respiration in my phoning and conversing
nourishment I’m taking in and nurturing is all about
growing going, out out, larger larger
shh and rest and letting go umm hmm
So I cannot write each day—I must accept my body-soul’s calls—be with people today—tomorrow maybe else
:- Doug.
Get it from the other
We add most to the conversation by getting it from the other person—our curiosity brings them forth.
:- Doug.
Get small
We all have a need to get small, to see how minuscule we are in the cosmos, despite being of the center.
:- Doug.
Understanding “emotion”
How is “emotion” understood? What all does it include? Where are spirit and awe in this?
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 2216–Old man teeters
Footprints in the Windsm # 2216
The old man teeters, and the old woman steadies them both. Ahh.
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Footprints in the Windsm # 2215–Neither of us knew
Footprints in the Windsm # 2215
Neither of us knew we had that in us. That is what I want to be able to say, at least once in a while, after a conversation.
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Footprints in the Windsm # 2214–tunnel we dig another day
Footprints in the Windsm # 2214
Conversation is the tunnel we daily dig with an old spoon, out, out of the prison of our ego-skin. We wriggle out, play together in the free clear air. Then we go back in. We forget the way, we dig another day.
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Footprints in the Windsm # 2213–Surrender my hand
Footprints in the Windsm # 2213
Surrender my hand
to the pen to the ink as
the leaf to the fall
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Footprints in the Windsm # 2212–Purpose of a word
Footprints in the Windsm # 2212
The higher purpose of a word
is not to transfer one notion
but to invite sanding of fingertips
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Footprints in the Windsm # 2211–feeling our way
Footprints in the Windsm # 2211
Be kind. We are each feeling the way in our dark.
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refuses to give up its secrets
It seems conversation refuses to give up its secrets if approached directly.
:- Doug.
clawed out from our skin
In death when we survive we lose the relation we had with this person. Some of it. This tests—stretches—the notion that we make persons of one another, for just here we had some of our person clawed out from our skin. But do we also lose the conversations, the conversation, with that person?
:- Doug.
