Jill, Jacke & Ward in the Mask

Ted Falconie (flipper) & Jill Hoffman (target VIdeo) @ gety

Target @ Gety opening

Drempt of Rain

Last night i drempt of rain in the night.

I was driving in my car, it was dark

and while not alone, i do not recall my company.

floods were washing out the roads and bridges

debris and water making it more a boating expedition

Arguing with the dealer over the price of a cat

I awoke early in the dark fog, anxious yet knowing

It was time to get up.

After Valentine

All philosophies fail

Subsiding into that from which they arose

Why struggle to change when everything is

not so random quotes

And since I never have enough of pleasure,

Honey on the razor's edge,

How could I have enough of merit,

Fruits of which are happiness and peace

Shantideva,

If temporary pleasure is all you want, you might as well take drugs.

H.H. the Dalai Lama

The happiness that comes from abandoning desire is more intense

than the one that is based on desire.

Puchungwa, trans. by Heidi Koppl

Trouble

Trouble now

however subtle

within ourselves, mirrored in the world, whether we see it, or no.

every moment, a subtle pull, an urge for a scratch

intimate with life and being

vanished momentarily by a kiss, a wonder, a gift

later returning

Distraction calls a sirens call away from now, this moment.

Anger flares reality intrudes against pleasure and control,

only to fall victim to itself and extinguished.

the self, forever arising like the sun bringing movement and furry coming not even to peace, it eats the world and our lives running from the trouble that is waiting.

surrender to this trouble it is the doorway that leads to what I do not know,

It may be heaven and god, or hell and suffering, or simply

beyond words or concepts, really no choice, so go forward, and perhaps, see.

Peace or enlightenment, is not the absence of trouble but moment by moment,

greeting it as family, that came, for cup o coffee.