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window across the street – foto by smith

Lady gets 10-12 hours of sleep a day with her night and naps. i get 6, need 8. i envy her ability to lie down, close her eyes, and fall asleep. i lie down and my brain goes into interactive overdrive while my body starts cataloging every single aching pain. i think my brain’s on some sort of natural speed – it can’t be external stimulants because i no longer drink coffee and haven’t done chemicals for a decade. i always wanted to meditate, but was stopped by the first instruction to “quiet the mind.” how do you quiet the mind? my mind never quiets, just runs on and on in the loneliness of a long distance runner.


graffiti – foto by smith

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  1. You don’t quiet your mind you watch as a bemused bystander, observing your own stream of consciousness until you get so bored you fall asleep. At least that’s what I do. Sort of like sitting on a river bank watching all the little boats go by but never, never jumping aboard one.

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