January 2014

1.1.2014

	Kona winds...
1.2.2014

1.3.2014

1.4.2014

	Hawaiian trees talk story.
1.5.2014

	A long day at the beach thinking, "If I'm present, here and now, then this IS life."
1.6.2014

	Just sitting. And when the world opened, I saw a connection between materials and location.
1.7.2014

	Aloha windward Oahu...
1.8.2014

	Awake in the dream. Transporting to another dimension of space, time, and temperature. What is different and what hasn't changed?
1.9.2014

	A different degree of blue...
1.10.2014

	Recentering
1.11.2014

	Single pointed concentration or the thought that isn't thinking.
1.12.2014

	I'm looking back to a posting almost exactly 3 months ago, October 12, 2013 when I could see the future. I knew that I would not be able to resume regular studio work until now; and today, Monday, January 13, I begin again in the studio. Rusty, disorganized, but ready to meet the new expansion...
1.13.2014

	Will the rhythm of the ocean, Call me to practice, Wave after wave?
1.14.2014

	Escapism Dreaming of the past, Pointing to the future, Pushing the present aside.
1.15.2014

1.16.2014

1.17.2014

	Light snow early.
1.18.2014

	Rule of three
1.19.2014

	Mid-winter sun slides sideways, I notice, this perfect day, More or less light every moment.
1.20.2014

	Winter Storm Watch, In Effect Monochrome outlook, Fighting monotony, Monolithically blue.
1.21.2014

	Six hours in the city, surrounded by art, and one quiet moment to draw.
1.22.2014

	Winter Mentality Being present with the cold, Exploring the seasonal contraction, Observing the extraordinary power of freezing, And taking time to visit the fire.
1.23.2014

Sitting in the studio today, Drawing, With my mind on the natural solitude, The natural introspection, That winter brings. A seed appears to me on the page, Not as a symbol for spring, I think, Not asking me to imagine the plant it might grow into, Or making any indication of expansion whatsoever. The seed is present in the world as it is, A thing in the ground, Small layered compact inner life, Just spending its winter being a seed.

1.24.2014

	No matter how much it may plan for the future or fret about the past, the seed in the ground does not have to do anything or go anywhere. It only has to be present for the correct surrounding conditions.
1.25.2014

	Working through emotions after the fact.
1.26.2014

1.27.2014

	Recycling winter.
1.28.2014

	Brown stalks that won't last past winter bow to the sun and recite a benediction while tiny birds eat the seeds still on the branches
1.29.2014

	When I grow, I run into flaws that point to who I am. When I am, I point to growth that runs into flaws. When I flaw, I am pointless. That is growing.
1.30.2014

1.31.2014