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Convo with \_\_\_: Shifting orientation to the self, as a science

oakland

experiment with an object to be observed or as a mode of poetic inquiry into the gran mystery: one name or many truths. Fleas, ticks, scabies, worms: all these parasites living in & on the body. Filth: voices from within. Parasitic not sympathetic relationships. Interruption of domestic peace, of mind & body: the need to wash everything. Cleaning in general as a fine line between acute focus & physical duress. Washing the mind while breaking the back, sore hands from laundry, raw feet from running, legs aching from continuous bends. The difference between housework & yoga. A walk outside to clear the mind from all the clearing. What are the factors involved in this mental state? A destination, a continuous choice of trajectory= freedom, weather conditions & sunshine & wind, the heightened awareness of being in the world with all the risks involved.

Height: perception, boundaries, how it feels to sleep high in the air in a loft or 2nd story building, sleeping on the ground "in the earth" vs "in the sky."