joe..i have a record of lenny bruce... in my record collection... yes we are lucky to have eyes to see...when some do not a thousand eyes take it easy cousin joe the night skies might be where you find your art merle Merle,
Aww-w; I'm kinda fond of you, too. What I *must* do is practice my painting. Brush-strokes, etc. The modeling of clouds. Colorations of skies. Rocks, valleys, mountains. Columnar cacti. Glazes, over skies, to make them as glorious as our desert skies in Arizona really are... ! This is my challenge! Of course, Zen practice feeds one's vision, by which I mean one's actual optical sense. I hope you know this! Attend a 7-day sesshin, and report back. A small nugget within the larger one(s), but of you are an artist, you will value this! I think you have not experienced it, because you say you are within no easy distance of a teacher, or sangha, and so, no sesshin... . Alas. Try to get lucky, and just go somewhere! I'm no hero; just a schmuck, if I don't practice. And even then. You've seen me screw up badly, drinking heavily as never, after I found a dead neighbor. But as our American comedian Lenny Bruce used to say, not a Buddhist, not informed about Buddha-Mind, nor the Absolute, and a heavy drug-user, but certainly insightful: "We are all the same Schmuck." It's true, from a Buddhist, or even Hindu perspective. Pardon my language. I'm not Jewish, but I understand Yiddish. You're not my heroine!: I am not a drug user! ;-) But, you are my Cousin. I send my love, too, to you, Cuz. Strong practice! --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > joe..you are my hero..i love it when you say practise...love merle xx
