Paterson (2016)

insert link Yesterday the first disc arrived from my renewed subscription to netflix discs. I found it through an Adam Driver search and chose it when I saw Jim Jarmusch directs and saw that it was about a poet who has a day job.  Who could resist this trifecta? I watched Paterson last night.  Already…

Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing V 12

image link The five colors can blind, The five tones deafen, The five tastes cloy. The race, the hunt, can drive men mad And their booty leave them no peace. Therefore a sensible man Prefers the inner to the outer eye: He has his yes, – he has his no. –Witter Bynner rendition of Lao…

Autobahn

image link thoughts words ideas impressions judgments beliefs values theories suspicions reminisces regrets attitudes fancies impulses moods urges wishes tempers sentiments desires convictions intentions leanings notions sentiments hopes reflections speculations anticipations deliberations ideations introspections intuitions rationalizations ruminations obsessions compulsions hesitations condemnations rationales coherences connections deductions inductions inferences linkages analyses claims contentions defenses exchanges discussions pleas…

Mind tide

image link Tide ebbs, seafoam dries, and seaweed turns to dust, waiting for the full moon.

Bichir

I went to the pet store yesterday to get more fish food and some new plants for the aquarium.  Just like many other retailers in the area the store is woefully short of workers.  The fish area of the store even removed its ‘ring bell for assistance’ bell.  I gave the two tanks of plants…

Ai WeiWei

Chinese artist, Ai WeiWei, has been known as a rabble rouser in China, New York, and across the planet.  Last summer, we were fortunate enough to have several of his pieces on exhibit at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids.  Since then I’ve developed an interest in his life, political history,…

Radiohead on 8 bit and other bits

image link Not long ago, younger son asked me if I had heard any of Radiohead’s music on 8 bit.  First I had to ask him what 8 bit was.  He said it is the electronic generated music that is often heard in videogames.  I told him no, but then I went out to youtube…