I ought to share them
I see some things—I ought to share them.
:- Doug.
Yes, we’re going to die
but taking responsibility
we can live through that too
:- Doug.
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Yes, we’re going to die
my loving work
Now I need to remember to do my loving work, to pay attention to those today I may love.
:- Doug.
God doesn’t do magic tricks
God doesn’t do magic tricks
for me
any more than my wife does
we are related
we love one another
that is all
that is more than sufficient
so I don’t bow down to worship
trees, fish and wind:
sister sun,
brother moon,
love me
we respect one another
we do loving things
light, warmth, visions
no magic, bigger
:- Doug.
this windstorm is larger than us
The weather—this windstorm—is larger than us. We think we can walk through it being too small for the wind to bother with, or we think we can with our car plow through the storm untouched. But it is larger than us. Attention must be paid! Attention: is this the currency of the gods?
:- Doug.
Infinite are the poems
Infinite are the poems
in the heart of humanity
without number are the poets possible
we are the songs
we are the dancers
time without time
:- Doug.
Infinity in the palm of my hand—
an infinite number of infinite numbers
is yet an infinite number
a continuum of all numbers
is larger
yet the same: infinite
(we cannot define infinite)
any length line holds for us
an infinity of points
so I will use to hold
infinity in the palm of my hand
—
:- Doug.
inevitable necessary & real
Some things seem impossible
while equally
inevitable necessary & real
are such paradoxes what we mean by
divinity?
paradox
para deus?
:- Doug.
We echo each other
We echo each other
reverberate—ricochet—reflect
from all about us sounds and colors
from all directions, yes
still, from a single source
:- Doug.
Raindrops bouncing on the pond
Raindrops bouncing on the pond
wind around my face
bird calls in my ears
divinity is the meeting
of movement and movement
:- Doug.
a storm of light
a storm of light
rushes around us
at 300,000 meters per second
and we, imagining we’re seeing,
call this time
then are time and light related?
does one beget the other?
do they together beget us?
or the other way around
the product of our movement?
or some more primal?
daily I have infinities of mysteries
to explore and make
:- Doug.
What wonders you?
About what are you wondering?
Or as Germanic peoples might say
What wonders you?
On what are you working?
What’s working you?
This is a day of applying
With each other, to your own life
What you’ve been hearing, learning:
How might the tire meet the road?
:- Doug.
To a dying client and her daughter
To a dying client
and her daughter—
What are you savoring
of your presence
to each other,
your together-events?
:- Doug.
Where does life get its movement?
Where does life get its movement? Movement in itself cannot be seen, but when wind moves the trees or muscles move the body, then we see. We define life from its movement in gross ways as walking and subtle ways like growth. But what is movement, and what is its genesis?
:- Doug.
things exploding inward
The universe has stars and comets and asteroids, electrons and things exploding outward, and things exploding inward, and all this is one.
:- Doug.
How would you organize 23 third graders?
How would you organize a classroom of 23 third graders? Alphabetically. By birth date. By height. By hair color, eye color, shirt color. How could you organize your world? Could each of us arrange things differently, and be all right?
:- Doug.
