Dying/broken/forgiven.... now I begin
Born: 17-06-56....gemini.... monkey
re-born: 3-09-80
born again\found: 14-04-08
other notable dates: 10-03-68; 03-09-87; 23-03-96;
1-05-98; 31-01-02; 5-04-04
Interests: movement, stressed/transgressive embodiment, lived experience (body\space\time\relation)
expression ( word, dance, text, image, story, music, poetics)
learning, yielding......
Hopes for the blog:
offer up the wild intersectedness of lived experience and engage others in creative, expressive, perhaps irreverant, hopefully playful, and respectful encounters....
enact kindness
create moments of pause for disclosure, discovery, stillness
Punching Smoke
trying to be
mature
at my age
continuing to be
something
struggling to be
better than I am
encountering
gossip
&
deceit
claiming to be
authentic
trying to be
fair...
I tend my own garden
looking over my shoulder only
occasionally
learning to trust
instincts
after all this time
learning to be
Hmmmm. Mature. I am mature, in years, but not necessarily in mind. However, maybe the fact that much of what used to matter doesn't matter anymore, is the real maturity, and as you say, just being is what matters. Be?
ReplyDeleteBTW...thoughtful piece, for me, at least.
ReplyDeleteTrying to be mature never works for me since I'm too busy sulking.
ReplyDeletejadedj-- thanks for the kind words; i often wonder about maturity as well... it seems as elusive to me now as it did when i was an adolescent... but perhaps that self awareness is half the battle :)
ReplyDeletePisces--now that is a goal to aspire to.... sulking.... i never got around to practicing that one much.... you inspire me!! i'll keep you posted.
What a marvellous piece!
ReplyDeleteShort Poems-- well, gosh, thanks!! and thanks for the visit.
ReplyDeleteI am smiling.....broadly.
ReplyDeleteLove the....... 'I tend my own garden
looking over my shoulder only
occasionally
learning to trust
instincts'
SarahA- thanks so much for this sweet response. your smiling broadly is a wonderful gift :)
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