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Elementalidad » Nothing http://elementalidad.com a seven syllable word for *think* Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Isolation http://elementalidad.com/2007/04/03/isolation/ http://elementalidad.com/2007/04/03/isolation/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:29:21 +0000 James http://www.gedanken-experiment.com/2007/04/03/isolation/ Related Posts B
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]]> On a sunny Ecuadorian morning a few days ago, I awoke with something funny in my head. From the depths of the warm cocoon that is my alpaca blanket, I jotted down on the nearest sheet of paper a few lines of haiku that flowed out without much forethought. Funny how Zen just happens to disappear and reappear in my life with surprising spontaneity. Mind you this doest happen very often, but perhaps it was brought on by a recent bout of meditation in combination with some independent research I’ve been getting more and more involved with along the lines of self-knowledge. Perhaps a simple occurrence of “Syncronicity”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncronicity more than anything else.

:: *chameleon*
climate fluctuates-
little color changer waits
basking on a stone

:: *a stroll*
dew drop turns to frost
crossing the park through the grass-
crisp and clear the sound!

:: *wandering*
lonely traveler
welcoming rain on his back
many months from home

:: *snowsounds*
owl greets the snowfall
silent night and wide awake
fieldmouse heeds the tune

For some reason, all these haiku have come out with a distinct feeling of serenity and loneliness, so i applied the theme “isolation” to the title of this article. I hope you find something interesting in it. Please let me know what you think.

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]]> Senryū is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction but tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature. Senryu are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are serious.

tilled Andean hillside
under alpaca yarns
all of Ecuador shivers

safely locked posessions
traveler returns home
key lost in the dark

sleepless
a series of Senryū
swiftly surfaced

lay man prays
but quietly hates
the next day

family asleep
in separate rooms
peace at last

ink stains cross
scattered and wrinkled papers
another caffeinated night

As a beginner, this is my first attempt at writing senryu. This series tries to maintain the recurrent theme of sleep and darkness. I feel like some of my first attempts here lack the essence of true senryu, however, I’m keeping my head up.

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]]> http://elementalidad.com/2006/10/28/senryu-one/feed/ 0 Slippery when wet http://elementalidad.com/2005/09/21/slippery-when-wet/ http://elementalidad.com/2005/09/21/slippery-when-wet/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:27:35 +0000 James http://www.gedanken-experiment.com/wp/?p=70 Related Posts B No related posts. B ]]> Yesterday was my first ride in the rain. after a decent ride home from work, I proceeded to the dojo where i get my daily fill of capoeira on the other side of town, without a second thought to the impending thunderstorms that loomed to the north. As a matter of fact, i was in such a great mood to start the workout i left behind any kind of rain gear i might have normally tried to wear. as it was, the rain began to fall with cat-n-dog intensity half way through class, drowning out the instructors voice, and the berimbau on the tape deck. I broke out of an esquiva de frente to bring in my helmet that I left hanging upside-down on my bike already filling up with water. The rest of class I pondered the fact that I’ll be riding home in the rain for the first time in my life. After class, the rain intensity had not tapered, so I threw my caution to the wind, my right leg over the saddle and had parting words with my instructor. “God willing nothing should happen, but if it does, please call me”, he said. With a look of confidence and chivalry I rode off into the storm, grinning from ear to ear. The experience was great. I started off quite conservatively under the speed limit. As I realized that I’d be getting wet either way, I picked up the pace…. but still decided to avoid the belt-line freeway.

So I rode right down Highway 1 all the way through the capital city towards home. The feeling of water seeping into my boots and down the crack of my ass was interesting, but admittedly not very comfortable. By the time I reached a certain stoplight downtown my feet were swimming in their own private puddle held in by my leather boots, my denim jeans were completely water weighted and saturated to the core. At home, I pealed off my clothes piece by piece leaving a puddle of water on the bathroom floor. I’ve always thought of Autumn in hurricane alley as my favorite time of the year, with all of the changing colors, warm days and cool nightly breeze, and of course the spontaneous shower (read, hurricane-induced knock-down-drag-out) to stir the soil.

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