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"Our mind is like a clear glass of water. If we put salt into the water, it becomes salt water; sugar, it becomes sugar water; shit, it becomes shit water. But originally the water is clear. No thinking, no mind. No mind, no problem." - Seung Sahn
"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it." - René Magritte
someday I'm gonna climb that mountain.
Searching for geographic information about Mount St. Helena, I found this nifty panoramic.
One of the benefits of the relatively cold weather we've been having here in CA is the snow on the hills around Sebastopol. For about a week I could wake up in the morning and imagine I was in Utah or Colorado. And then I would imagine that I was a giant in those places because the mountains looked like hills. And I would lumber around the kitchen preparing tiny bagels and shouting, "I can't operate the controls of this toaster oven due to my giant hands!" For the past few days it's been too foggy to see the hills. And too warm for snow. But it was fun while it lasted.
snow on mt. st. helena
Speaking of The Hip, Gordon Downie has a new CD and book coming out called Coke Machine Glow. You can preview some of the songs/poems at that Wiener Art Records site.
song of today: Putting Down by The Hip. ...I'm starting to choke on the things I say.
