Our artistically creating and inventing outward works of beauty and communication mimics the big bang. The fact that all of this amazing, breathtaking design, by hand and by nature, is rooted in a mere few elements being combined in novel ways means in some sense we’re being duped. A beautiful head of fractal-shaped cauliflower is […]
I never thought I’d write so much about cats and pigs, but here we are. Cats, I used to be allergic to until I met Oscar, Elvis, and Gracie. I just assumed I’d never be up close and personal with them. Feral pigs, here in Hawaii, outnumber people, so it was inevitable that we’d meet. […]
Many of us are enamored with impressionists, actors, comedians, and our one funny uncle who can do impressions of politicians well. A great impression of someone is like a magic trick. A great impression includes voice, body language, intention, and an understanding of the victim—I mean honoree’s inner voice. To be impersonated is considered an […]
First there is not. Nothingness. Nothingness is consciousness. Next there is an explosion. An explosion of existence into existence, because consciousness is doing something. It is being. Being existence. All of this is happening at once. Therefore, there is no “first” and no “next” except as an examination or experience within existence. Soooo, liiiiiike, why […]
Why are those with an acute inability to articulate themselves and feel compassion for others the ones who most want to relate something of themselves to us? As with most riddles, the question contains the answer. I used to watch The Ricki Lake Show. Remember Ricki Lake? Watching that ghastly, vapid talk show was among […]
She was an artist who left the Big Island because the art scene here was too shallow for her liking. Unless she was going to paint turtles and trees and red, oozing lava flows, her art would not sell well here. Her art was more of an unconscious expression, more personal than that. She moved […]
What is acting but pretending to be another persona, be it person or anthropomorphized other? The actors with the most depth are in touch with their feelings. You cannot understand another person’s feelings until you understand your own, and you cannot understand your own feelings and not understand another’s. The two understandings are one understanding; […]