Archive for the 'Observation' Category

Food, Space, Time, Depth

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

Food Trust the Chinese to hit culinary home runs. I stumbled upon Xi’an Famous Foods (http://xianfoods.com/) after getting a haircut in Chinatown. The cumin lamb noodles were fantastically spicy, as the sweat beads condensing on and around my nose testified … of course, the soup was spicy too, but piping hot, which as you may [...]

Honest Conversation

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

We had asked the question, what makes Murakami’s writing so powerful? I realized today that an extremely powerful element, for me, is the quality of honesty in the conversations between characters, and in the interior narrative of the main character. These conversations and reflections resonate deeply in my being, where congruent sentiments reside. For me, [...]

Other Kind of Preaching

Monday, May 31st, 2010

I was meandering to Union Square south from the Taiwanese festival when I heard him. “… And the root of every human being is evil, bad, and sinful! Only through the grace of our lord Jesus Christ may we be saved!” I usually walk past these open space preachers with a wry smile on my [...]

Recurring Themes

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Your physical energy is also subject to cycles. It cannot always be at a peak. There will be times of low as well as high energy. There will be periods when you are highly active and creative, but there may also be times when everything seems stagnant, when it seems that you are not getting [...]

A Feeling

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

It’s one of those days I’m not sure if it’s Fall or Spring. Did I sleep through the winter last night? Piercing rays interplay with the tattered cumulus cloak, the breath is full of damp snowmelt. I feel a buzzing latency. Something will happen.


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