Thursday, February 5, 2026

notes on a walk

going for a walk 
is really helpful I guess it's that touch grass thing
and the movement meditation 
and whatever else 

it doesn't help to practice scenarios for the future or to ruminate on the past

ya just gotta 
HAVE the ADVENTURE 

the stuff that GETS you is NEVER what you THINK 
and SURE part of THAT 

is the SAME thing as WHY it's always the LAST place you LOOK because 
--  WHEN 
you FIND it 
you QUIT looking 


I WATCHED 
the REFLECTION 
of a TREE

LONG ENOUGH that I was SURE I could 
DESCRIBE 

it didn't dance or bob or shimmer or undulate

there was MOVEMENT 
ACROSS the 
SURFACE 
of the pool

the TREE 
didn't move

the image 
CHANGED
by the COLORS of the environment 
the BLUE of the pool
the GOLD of the
LIGHT 

the TREE washed out -- ABSTRACTED 
SEEMED 

PROJECTED
onto 

metallic 
GLOW

& I started to match an artist or style

THEN
I remembered being held down 
trying to get to the surface
deborah was angry
NO
had forgotten about 
THAT

weren't we on a
BE HERE 
NOW


I breathed
I watched
I noticed 
my shoulders were reasonably low