Looking for something new to read?
Hi DC-ers,
I just put up a new link to a website that recommends books based on what you've recently read (and theoretically enjoyed). Check it out.
And, a poem I've been stuck on lately (probably due to panic about post-graduation plans) is posted below. David Budbill is a great, great man.
warmly,
(warmly? where did that come from?)
Abbi
THE THREE GOALS
David Budbill
The first goal is to see the thing itself
in and for itself, to see it simply and clearly
for what it is.
No symbolism, please.
The second goal is to see each individual thing
as unified, as one, with all the other
ten thousand things.
In this regard, a little wine helps a lot.
The third goal is to grasp the first and the second goals,
to see the universal and the particular,
simultaneously.
Regarding this one, call me when you get it.
I just put up a new link to a website that recommends books based on what you've recently read (and theoretically enjoyed). Check it out.
And, a poem I've been stuck on lately (probably due to panic about post-graduation plans) is posted below. David Budbill is a great, great man.
warmly,
(warmly? where did that come from?)
Abbi
THE THREE GOALS
David Budbill
The first goal is to see the thing itself
in and for itself, to see it simply and clearly
for what it is.
No symbolism, please.
The second goal is to see each individual thing
as unified, as one, with all the other
ten thousand things.
In this regard, a little wine helps a lot.
The third goal is to grasp the first and the second goals,
to see the universal and the particular,
simultaneously.
Regarding this one, call me when you get it.
posted by Dovetail at 2:16 PM
3 Comments:
I like the poem too.
If a little wine is allowed for goal 2, I would recommend a few hits of LSD for number three... or meditation, but this could be considered cheating.
But who cares? We're already breaking the rules anyway.
i vote for breaking the rules whenever possible, especially if it leads to a new (albeit chemically altered?) perspective.
i hope you're well, adam. eat some fresh pineapple for me.
-abbi
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