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October 2018

Emotions from Romantic Notions

Personal Interaction……Joining the Gold Rush

Posted on October 28, 2018

Too often, we let the outcome of personal interactions be defined by the disappointments and disagreements that arise from such events.  The unfortunate truth is that the focus on these aspects contribute nada to our frame of mind, peace of mind or development of mind as we move forward.  Such an approach only serves to turn our ray of happiness destined for contentment into a terminated line segment.  In reality, the disappointments form such a minor and insignificant part of the overall interaction.  Mental and emotional concentration on these disappoints belies the true dilution effect that their small concentration has on the overall solution that was the discussion, revelation and insight.  Run the entire interaction through a filter – a mental and emotional centrifuge, distillery or simple gold pan.  Separating these unworthy aspects of the encounter out as mere by-product reveals that you are left with a more pure substrate, a higher quality and palatable drink of life and more golden nuggets than you could ever have imagined.

 

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Stray Threads

Life Geometry……Theorems, Proofs and Random Thoughts

Posted on October 27, 2018

In my continuing pursuit to package life and emotions into neat little mathematical, scientific and technical boxes so I can better relate to them, I present my next installment…..

We all seek pleasure in whatever form appeals most to us.  It is these instantaneous moments of moving from one pleasure to the next to is one of the driving motivators of our day-to-day existence.  These moments of pleasure are akin to points – geometrically, temporally and existentially.  String several of these pleasures together and we form a line – we have come to equate this line to happiness.  This line proceeds forward in bliss until we experience one of those pleasures that are driven by selfish desire, arrogance, advantage, leverage and manipulation.  Even if our own guilt and conscious does not terminate the line into a line segment, ever-present karma eventually will do so.  We must then await the next opportunity for a purer pleasure to arise to start the line of happiness again.  The secret is having the wisdom to know which pleasure will drive your line onward and which decisions will truncate your path.  Lay enough pure pleasures end-to-end to construct a line of happiness and you will produce a ray that points to contentment.

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Stray Threads

Pulitzer…….Or Just Being a Pirate

Posted on October 21, 2018

7 October 2018, Monty’s on the Square, Jackson Square, NOLA

I finally tried Milk Punch. Where has this been all my life……

Vanilla Bourbon, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg——like a thin milkshake. Delicious.

Yes, it’s at breakfast….yes, it was only 9:00….no, I didn’t give a fuck. 😂😂😂😂

 

Cultural Destinations

Posted on October 10, 2018

Sunday, 7 Oct 2018

Afternoon, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Bar, Bourbon Street

Reflecting in the dark recesses of one of the oldest standing buildings in NOLA (or the US for that matter).  Breathing in the air from 250 years of energy to pass through this establishment.  Realizing my hope of channeling inspiration to create literary works in the vein of Faulkner or Williams has dissolved into something more akin to a frequenter of “The House of the Rising Sun”…….

So I had this strange dream.

I was in a dark room – it may not even have been a room, just a void.  It was hard to tell, as the only reference point was what appeared to be a doorway in the distant.  For some reason, I was completely drawn to this doorway – like a primal need to get to it and through it.  As I approached closer, I found that the doorway was too panels of satin and lace – beautiful, but seemingly impenetrable being held tightly together by a single, small, yet intricate knot.  I examined the knot – tightly wound and neat.
Ever more consumed with the desire to throw aside these panels and enter to the other side, I began to probe the lot with the tips of my fingers – hoping to find a weak point to make gain on its captive force.  Working my fingers, sometimes feverishly and roughly – at others, slower and with greater attention.  Seeking any advantage, I begin to pull gently at the bound mass with my teeth.  Realizing that the wetness from my mouth softens the binding twine, I fully employ both my lips and tongue in the endeavor.  Working together now, my fingers are finding purchase in their toil to loosen the grip this knot has.  My tongue now able to flick itself deeper into the small mass, turning almost fleshy with the moisture, yet still holding a even smaller center that remains hard like a precious pearl.  I feel that I must be getting close now.  Suddenly, with a simultaneous combined massage of my finger tip across the now fleshy twine and a press of my lips against the hard remaining pearl, the knot releases and the panels are freed.
Free to enter now, I do so.  As I walk through, i am awash with euphoria…….
Then, I wake up.
Cultural Destinations

Channeling……Red, Right, Returning

Posted on October 10, 2018

Friday, 5 Oct. 2018

Arrival in NOLA, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Bourbon Street

So much energy in this city and this area in particular.  Attempting to drink in and absorb some of that energy for use in my own life. Knowing that from an intellectual, literary and cultural aspect, I should be channeling Tennessee Williams or William Faulkner.  However, I am instead consumed by channeling Jean Lafitte.  Swashbuckling, action-driving, adventurous, commanding —- in navigating the channels of the river of life, who better to call the helm than a Pirate……