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in traditional chinese medicine ...

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... the heart meridian is a pathway of vital energy. It begins in the chest and ends at the little finger. It governs the heart and circulation, regulates blood, and is deeply connected to emotional balance, mental clarity, and sleep. It ends in the most protected area of the body, safe within the armpit.  I had a dream just now. Two very young boys nap  on a rug in front of a crackling fire. They awaken and one of them says to the other "You are perfect. I want to be with you always. "  To commemorate the moment, the boy gets a tiny tattoo of a fireplace in his armpit. They go their separate ways. Years later, during a war they fight on opposite sides. One captures the other during combat. They do not recognize each other. One day the captor washes the dirty soldier and discovers the tattoo.     
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REVEALATION OVER A CHICKEN SALAD SAN

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just back from the diner. lunch with friend John. he gave me the ending for my in progress play.  splendor in the pickle and cole slaw.  a great big riverboat fab float in the diet coke.  friendship. 
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when /why did life get so complicated and boring ... it hardly seems ...

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Credit card checking Overdraft  account Annual physical apps Dermatologist Dentist Colonoscopy Passport renewal Social securtity Uriologist Dishwasher audiologist
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Another Hanif missive

You are not a machine. It would be a mistake to believe that you can continuously renew yourself. It might be an idea to take a break for some time, for weeks, even months, until something substantial begins to stir. No artist is consistently creative. Why would they be? Good ideas come unbidden and you might need to wait, to think about other things, ruminate. You are not a machine. It is a fallacy that you should be able to continuously produce new work. Masud Khan describes  lying fallow’ as a state of mind that enables genuine creativity, as opposed to pseudo activity. The term itself is taken from agricultural terminology – where the fallow ground is ploughed but left uncropped – to allow for genuine regeneration. He does not endorse inertia or listless vacancy, but an active state of receptive awareness. Khan observed that modern technical cultures have created “a colossal trade in organising people’s leisure,” filling every stillness with ready-made distractions. This repres...
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  I can be having a for sure blah kind of day and then walk home from the market and see a young kid, maybe 14 with so much style drenching him - a black cardigan with big sloppy white blobs all over it and a white dress shirt buttoned at the neck and baggy light blue colored jeans - and think, gee, I bet he looks that cool and singular everyday and I love seeing him and more on the streets where I live.   And before him, maybe the most beautiful arms I’ve ever encountered. Lightly muscled, long, sinewy, a tasty autumnal brown hue. I almost told the guy what I was thinking but then thought not. He was carrying pruning shears and maybe if it was my bad luck that he was a creep, he could lunge them into me. But alas, he unlocked the gat eto the pocket park behind the library and walked into he greenhouse that I’ve coveted for years.  
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