All viewing of the world is composite Bones of ancient baleen whales, eukaryotes and quartz – all A matrix forming the cliff The pacific gull soars the updraft At first I think it is a drone Mechanized systems mimic avian expertise Robotics, virtual simulations, cybernetics The animal becomes the machine Continue Reading
Fermented Fizzy Turmeric Drink
I have a fermented drink problem. There’s 3842 bottles of various brews in my laundry sink. Why are they in my laundry sink? Because fermented drinks explode, is why. This is far more likely to happen in the heat of the Australian summer than any other time, and as I Continue Reading
Breaking Free of Captology: Stepping out of the Box for a Little While
Having quit a ten day silent retreat due to having lost the will to live in over 35 degree Celsius temperatures, I drove away feeling a bit defeated. I’d come to break habits of minds and addictions that had accrued over the year, and had spend weeks psychologically preparing myself Continue Reading
I Drove Away from A Ten Day Vipassana Course After Day One
Having ‘sat’ my first Vipassana nine years ago, I knew it was like childbirth – painful as fuck, but ultimately rewarding, whilst giving you some life lessons at the same time that you can never undo and promising nibbanic peace and enlightenment. Like childbirth, when the memory of the pain Continue Reading
Coo-ee: An Australian Gothic
Coo-ee, they call. It’s a matter of pride, how far the sound travels. They’re calling for Nip, the kelpie pup, who’s been missing since morning. They are barefoot though it is hot, and I worry about snakes like I worry about the storms, and the tree limbs that quiver in Continue Reading
Blood Credits
The dust was bad on Sunday. By Tuesday, they were all coughing. They’d known the storm was coming for a week, but there wasn’t much they could do to be ready for it. Preparation was a lost art because it presumed that a future was inevitable. In the decay of Continue Reading
Gone Meditatin’ – See Ya on the Flipside of Silence
As you read this, I’m beginning a period of silence I’ve been craving for some time. I know some of you are curious about the process, and I look forward to talking about it with you upon my return. For now, check out these beautiful quotes from SN Goenke, whose Continue Reading
5 Strangers Early Christmas Morning, and A Lot of Love for My Steemfolk xx
The world is busy. It never stops. The faces rush past you on the street and look right through you. It’s the same in the surf, on the beaches. In the old days everyone knew everyone – the world’s too populated for that now. People stick to their cliques in Continue Reading
Damiana Love Juice
Good things take time. I’ve been wanting to share this for a while, but of course, it’s gotta brew first so one needs some patience. I’m also tempted to have a glass now, but the man is away as you know, and it’ll be all the more special to share Continue Reading
Green Fairies, Yellow Fairies: Wormwood & Damiana Sisters
Are you familiar with the green fairy? Le Fee Verte was affectionately and perhaps reverently (for you don’t mess with fairies) to the potent wormwood brew drunk by poets and artists in the 19th century. A metaphor for artistic inspiration, free states of mind and a changing social order, she Continue Reading