here and there

musings of a wandering mind

Category: Thoughts

  • hangry

    In 2015 I spent a few months on a Permaculture farm in the North of Thailand, before heading to Thich Hat Hanh’s Thai Plum Village for the last ten days of my visa. This led to three months at a Zen Center in South India, which led to a series of ten-day retreats and the…

  • rest on the breeze

    Note to self: Sometimes it’s best to just let the wind finish what it’s doing before you make any attempts at putting down roots. You will learn to find stillness in uncertainty, and bliss in not knowing. You’re learning to see yourself and the world for what they really are, and that takes time. There…

  • not trying to get anywhere

    I have been much more consistent in my creative practice lately, but alas, I am shy, and so I have been putting off accountability via this blog for a while now. I know perfection will never come, so if it’s perfection I am waiting for, I’ll never share my creations. Where’s the fun in that?…

  • head trip

    Your field of vision has a floater in it. You can’t tell if it’s a particle of dust or if it’s an amoeba, but it’s lingering there, growing in size, obscuring your sight. You clearly see the edge of the abyss, an opalescent smoldering as the world shrivels away. Suddenly, you are abstraction. A fluid-like…

  • The Imminent Future

    “Irreverence and no discipline rob your soul of light.” Rumi, The King And The Handmaiden And The Doctor It may come as no surprise that I, like many other people in the modern world, struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance. It is too easy to get wrapped up in keeping up with our fast…

  • Another Rotation, More Ambulation

    Another Rotation, More Ambulation

    Making New Year’s resolutions may be cheesy, but negativity is even worse. I’m ready to crush some goals and live well.

  • dragons

    I heard that there wereDragons in your dreamlandAnd some ships upon your shoreWhich were rigged for an adventureSet for anything in store A light shone from your windowPreparing skull and boneFor a jaunt across an oceanFor a wander from your home I know you knewNot what would comeA serpent, slug or eelAll that really matteredWas…