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dan bear

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joined on 12/29/05
last updated 07/17/07
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All Stories are True...



The Vanishing Point.
Fade to black.
The moment on the border between waking and dream.
The ending – where the story continues in the darkness.
When the story is no longer your own.

Awareness is a flashlight in an ever-shifting landscape.
Around the perimeter, the stories are unknowable, liquid.
Everything scurries, crawls, and rearranges
when you look the other way.

Someone asked me recently if the Dodo bird is really such a major loss.
I can not know.

We move forward... read more
Sun, November 25, 2007 - 8:32 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
We were sitting around the table,
and there was tea and there was sacrament
and we were practicing the possibility of communication

We were in a pause who was contemplating his own comfort
when out of the blue, spoke the sky
on the topic (approved) of the weather:

“I’m all dried up” she said to the pause from her place upon high
Which caused discomfort to stir in his seat.
The stirring awoke the baby who cried –
“i offer my tears to the sky.”
The mother, to comfort, said “don’t ... read more
Sat, November 10, 2007 - 8:55 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Morning in the Garden,
and still i am blessed.

A few firsts this trip to madre mar.
The Gulf of Mexico. Agua caliente. The warmest ocean I’ve ever let toss me about.
Join me. Cleanse me.
Letting my muscles loosen and my spine be formed by the undulating waves.
Each joint soaking in the nourishment of the salt and the gentle rocking rhythm.

In the town, my first interactions with comfortable poverty and third world mentality. Roofs patched with palms, doorless tin sheds,
dogsdogsd... read more
Sat, November 10, 2007 - 8:49 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Yesterday, as our journey began, a ways outside the city,
when the men selling hammocks and peppers in small plastic bags began to appear,
we drove past a dog.
Un pero, strong, quiet, dead, in the middle of the road.
A recent kill, eyes open, waiting for the quiet –
of the side of the road.

El pero muerto.
Death is pink and smells
of cotton candy.

Children sing in circles around the carcass of the rotting beast.
Skipping, clapping, tossing their hands up to the sky.
Their wor... read more
Sat, November 10, 2007 - 8:43 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
A concrete dock,
somewhere near the end,
illuminating alone
the first twenty feet
of ocean mystery.

The fish come to the light,
as we do.
Forever curious.

The clear sensation of floating quietly in eternity.

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Coyotes and fireflies and fish,
like small transparent dinosaurs.


My friends do yoga in the morning.
Awakening their muscles,
connecting to their breath and balance.
M... read more
Sat, November 10, 2007 - 8:32 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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Illusory Definition of Self.

Gender
Male
Location
about me
the attempt to define "me" in a few easy sentences...
a constantly shifting constellation of people, places, and moments.
we are defined by where we put our attention.
my attention is in the questions.
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I'm Looking For...

needed: san francisco to santa cruz 15th late or 16th AM. ( community » other ) Hello
Happy to help with gas $ and drive if you like.
Thanks,
Daniel
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listing posted Sat, April 12, 2008 - 9:49 PM
A Month of Dance - Call for Proposals ( community » other ) Call To Performers:
Discourse Off the Walls (working title)
A month of... read more
listing posted Sat, April 5, 2008 - 1:10 AM
Dancer/ Performer Looking for a Good Home ( housing » housing wanted ) THE SHORT VERSION:
DANCER / PERFORMER / CMP LOOKING FOR GOOD HOME STAR... read more
listing posted Tue, March 18, 2008 - 6:24 AM
SC house-sit or sublet wanted April-June for working performing artist/ good guy. ( housing » housing wanted ) Hello my friends!
I’m looking for a home in Santa Cruz for April-June. ... read more
listing posted Sat, February 23, 2008 - 2:51 PM
Need ride bay area to Arcata 31st, 1 or 2. ( community » other ) I'm looking for a ride to Arcata at the end of the month, beginning of n... read more
listing posted Wed, January 23, 2008 - 2:46 PM
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