The Lonely Window

by | Jan 12, 2006 | Diary

Photo by Tim Girvin the lonely window… the last one lit; therein, the enthusiasm of the committed? sometimes I feel like this is me — wherever I am. but I will leave this meditation, this notion of the committed to merely focused. as it was, I shot this...

Stones and Madrona

by | Jan 1, 2006 | Diary

There were a number of madrona that reached out, over the house on the island — and given the winds, we cut out the riskier encroachments. Seeing all the sheared limbs, we thought to make some offering arrangement of their passing, from one life to another. And...

by | Dec 24, 2005 | Diary

It is the day before Christmas. I acknowledge the nature of the season… I’m on the island again, merely for a day — a whole day. I suppose that I’ve been up, wandering, since about 3.30am; it’s been blowing, howling — in advance of...

The Ten Keys

by | Nov 19, 2005 | Diary

In meditating on the practice, the work that I do, it’s about The inspiration of the Ten Keys. 1. Acknowledge the spirit, the force in all things. 2. Watch and embrace the flow of energy — the ch’i. 3. Every gathering of people, in audience, business...

by | Nov 15, 2005 | Diary

of course, there are many things in this city that I cannot, and shall not, explore. I’m really staying on the western side of the Bosporus, as well. I visited more places, in the driving rain, wandering in the glooming darkness. Topkapi Sarayi, in the wintry...