Making Music and Dancing
It’s amazing what doesn’t exist in thereal world. There are no events. No things.A marvelous system of describing. Pickedout stars … Read More “Making Music and Dancing”
Category: George Cassidy Payne
The Blankness of Being (For Alan Watts)
Consciousness is what we do not pay attention to.It is too free. We cannot even think about it. Likelooking at … Read More “The Blankness of Being (For Alan Watts)”
The Least Among Us Included
No more lists.No more bans.No more you are not allowed.No more I get to decide.It’s not right.Everyone deserves help. No … Read More “The Least Among Us Included”
Seen from the Surface of Mars
Beneath the scars hiddenin the crevasses, two solareclipses can be seen from the surface of Mars.A place where all creaturesknow how … Read More “Seen from the Surface of Mars”
The Human Condition in Eight Stanzas
We are part of a family treethat is more than a metaphor.The birds feed off our limbs. And besides, this illness called the … Read More “The Human Condition in Eight Stanzas”
Unconscious of the Changes
Alone and ignored,rolled up like a napkinin a French bistro, zonedout to the blithe, unconditionedair, measuring the breathsof a caving … Read More “Unconscious of the Changes”
Like Bees Lost From the Hive
We grew this way, we are this kind of species. The water we bathe in is part of the infinite sky.We grew … Read More “Like Bees Lost From the Hive”
Discovering the Pain of the World by Accident
Are we not a little like the horsesthat drove theRoman chariots? Strangling themselvesthe harder they pull. Or more like iron bladesgrinding the … Read More “Discovering the Pain of the World by Accident”
What the Mind Describes
Like a thrown out first draft in a book, the young do not need to belong. They just do or don’t.And the … Read More “What the Mind Describes”
More Than an Enemy
More than an enemy, we are that as well.A netherworld of suffering. A hole through the chest,big enough to stick a fist … Read More “More Than an Enemy”