Abandon the Dreary

 

"I gladly abandon dreary tasks, rational scruples, reactive undertakings 

imposed by the world." 

  - Roland Barthes

Barthes said he would do the above, "for the sake of love." Even though he knew it might cause him to act like a lunatic sit freed up tremendous energy."

What if you take time off from the ordinary? 

Launch from daily tasks. Search for an amusement, an adventure, or creative idea that might stimulate your imagination.  

Use boundless vigor and act like a lunatic to accomplish the goal.

Abandon the dreary
    Alter your rhythm
         Free up energy
                  

Take a chance
       Make a change.

Abandon the dreary.

Take a Walku

 

Haiku is an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature links to human nature. It usually consists of 17 jion (Japanese symbol-sounds) arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.

Examples: https://poets.org/glossary/haiku

Thinking in the rhythm of Haiku provides exercise for the mind. If you combine this concept with a walk in a natural setting, you will discover a Walku.

Study the Haiku form before you go, take a few with you. You do not have to follow it exactly in your three lines. Keep your senses open.

Take a walk for 30 minutes. Stop occasionally and write three lines. Look up and around and write three lines. Notice connections. See how many series of three line observations you can write in the time limit. 

Here's a day's Walku:

Shadows move on rocks

Tree sounds its branches upward

Fingers to tempt sky

 

Black crow interjects

Sunlight dances on stone paths

Scent of hope in breeze

 

Clouds hang on mountain 

Eager to chase each other

Sun catches my pen

 

The fence teases me

Slide under, or crawl over

Lavender beckons

 

Look up! Way, way up

Watch cloud form to toy with sky

Teach gulls to giggle

 

Anytime you need a break from work, writing or yourself, take a Walku.  You will return refreshed.

Turn off your computer and go for your Walku now.

Find the Light

 

"You return to that earlier time armed with the present and no matter how dark that world was, you do not leave it unlit. You take your adult self with you. 

It's not to be a reliving but a rewitnessing." 

- from Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

Ondaatje wrote, "The lost sequence in life, they say, is the thing. we always search out."

He felt we need to deal with the layered grief of the world as well as its pleasure.

In what ways does the past inform the present?

Do you wish to remove the ink of the past that blends with you?

Which learning process moves beyond the should. would or could haves?

Explore incidents you need to repeat in story mode.

Find a way to replace situations. Where will you reweave or cut strings?

Discover possibilities not considered before.

Where could you place the past into the present to re-witness it? 

Will you keep or revise to?

Use your imagination to. find the light.