Zen tracks - a la recherche d'une presence

Oysters

2011-12-08T12:53:00.001Z

"self -organised processes are generated
by incessantly perturbing a system
away from its equilibrium"

that's why oysters
always have a wry smile
on their faces

2010-12-09T12:03:00.005Z

Smart love

hoe wiet djy dis true love?
d/it smart/s

Learning #3

2010-05-14T12:11:00.004Z

Conundrum

"Mummy, how come we have nightmares?
I thought our brains
were meant to be on our side?"

[a gift from a child, of course]

Jonah and the Whale #2

2010-05-13T09:19:00.002Z

a strange rumbling emanated
from the rose garden at No. 10 yesterday
- the satisfied burp
of the conservative party machine
as it swallowed up the liberal democrats.

Hyper-space universities

2010-02-22T15:51:00.001Z

Blogging and twittering in hypertext
Links live sites of thinking
A new ontology of argument space
What a refreshing change from ‘references’
A new hyper-space for intellectual engagement
ThirdLife syn-logisms?

2009-03-13T21:03:00.002Z

The Second European Holocaust Memorial

There is an appeal for donations
for the second European Holocaust Memorial.

It is an attempt to learn a little
from the first Holocaust,
where Europe ate itself up
in the gas chambers
the firebombings
and in the mighty tank and naval battles
of the second world slaughter.

Europe is about to eat itself up again
in the self inflicted plagues of flooding and desertification
that will result from global warming.

Donations will go to recording stories and pictures
of Europe as it is at the start of the 21st Century
before it is lost in the sands
for future generations.

These pre-emptive archives will be housed
in a secure twin-Holocaust Memorial and Study centre
just inside the Arctic Circle
linking the documents from the Spielberg project
on the first 20th Century holocaust
with these documents from its 21st Century twin.

Daniel Libeskind, the architect of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
will be asked to chair a commissioning panel for the Centre.

It is probably too late
to turn around the ravages
of the global climate disaster
but at least we might be able to secure
a record of what Europe was like
for those who follow us
who might otherwise be incredulous
as to how we could allow two Holocausts
to happen in Europe within less than 100 years.

Steerage Anyone?

2008-05-07T09:58:00.003Z

Caught at the end of an email ...

"I am now somewhere over the Sahara
heading back to Joburg for three days
and doing my bit to add to global warming
and hasten the demise of the planet.

But then as John likes to say:
'If you are sailing on the Titanic
there is no point in travelling steerage'".

The Best of Savage Garden

2008-04-09T11:58:00.007Z

a girl sits upstairs
next to the window.
on the number 24 bus

she takes a CD out of her bag

Truly, Madly, Completely:
The Best of Savage Garden.

she removes the security tab
without damaging the cling rap
and puts the CD back in her bag.

she takes the CD out of her bag
and removes the £8 price tag
without damaging the cling rap
and puts the CD back in her bag.

she takes the CD out of her bag
and removes the cling rap
and puts the CD back in her bag.

she takes the CD out of her bag
pulls open the side of the cover
opens the flap
takes the CD out
puts the CD back
closes the flap
and puts the CD back in her bag

she folds her hands
on top of her bag

and proceeds on route 24.

Learning #2

2006-10-30T12:00:00.000Z

Learning is ...

The smile that arises from
exploring,
benchmarking,
& mastering

new affordances

Learning is ...

2006-10-11T12:46:00.000Z

Learning is the smile
that arises from
interesting conversations
interesting experiments and
good practise

Porky and Bess

2006-10-09T09:05:00.000Z

The media are story tellers.
They tell stories
They sell stories
They sell tallies
Story sellers
Porky tellers

Joanne Lees ... "has written a book to ...
'take back my life from the storytellers'".

love is ...

2006-10-03T11:01:00.000Z

“… intimacy terrifies me:
it could lead to love,
and love is the worst fate
that could befall any British Muslim woman”

[Anon]

real office

2005-03-17T12:28:00.000Z

a man on the train
on the way to his office
has fallen asleep
a magazine in his hands
opened at a picture
of "real office girls"

cellular life version #2

2005-02-04T18:04:00.000Z

mobile phones create elastic
entangled presences
txts pop up in two minds
or is it one?

cellular life

2005-01-05T13:28:00.000Z

mobile phones create instant
entangled presences
txts pop up in two minds
or is it one?

2005-01-04T14:53:00.002Z

everybody must get stoned
my soul doesn't feel so all alone
when it quivers with another soul
in love

which way up is denial?
pain comes from bad manners, or
bad manners comes from pain?

2005-01-04T14:42:00.000Z

mind #1
your analytic mind
is a sharp semiotic knife
be careful when you cu( )t

absences #1
have you ever stopped to think
how light your spirit would be
if you dropped all your absences?

scratches, planes and leaves

2004-12-13T22:14:00.000Z

the scratches of the planes
across the eyeball of the sky above
melt effortlessly
memory does not heal
so easily

sunrise

2004-12-13T22:08:00.000Z

1.
I sat on the train
and watched a whole sunrise

2.
watching the sunrise
is a hazardous business
you only get one chance
for each sunrise

Commutes, waits, and leaves: 5/4

2004-12-13T22:02:00.000Z

1.
the sun is busy kissing the tree-tops
the sun is busy kissing the tree-tops
the sun is busy kissing the tree-tops
the train speeds on regardless

2.
Slam door!
Slam door!
Slam door!

Wait ….
.............……….
....................……….
.............................Next Train
Slam door!
Slam door!
Slam door!

the day starts at Hedge End Station.

3.
the painters have come to Cosham Station
but they can’t reach the bit above
the edge of the platform
it seems.

4.
I run to the station
not to catch the train
but to miss the bits of waiting between

5. (for Adam Small)
they’re waiting for the train
they’re waiting for the train
they’re waiting for the train
ja, they’re waiting for the train

(de capo)

Zen tracks

2004-12-13T21:48:00.000Z

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