Thursday, October 11, 2007
What is the purpose of a veil? To make a thing obscure, to protect something (as a face, from strong sunlight...), to keep something terrifying from being seen. There is an occult veil. It separates reality from the supranatural. Sometimes it is less dense than at other times, or it thins, as fog... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Metrosexual
Is he metrosexual? Yes, and more than that. He is the quintessential metrosexual. He invented it. Without any effort at all on his part. He just is, was and always will be it. He had long hair before long hair was cool. He wore wire-rim glasses when that was street-chic. He wore black before it was... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Circular/linear
People talk of life being a circle but it seems to me more linear than circular. A circle meets and closes on itself, but ripples, as on a pond, can go on for a very long time before meeting some opposite shore. I think it's good that we cannot see the future clearly. Otherwise, who could endure? I... Sign in to see full entry.
Fabric Reminiscences
What will I do with these pieces of cloth? Odd bits of yardage, ends of bolts. A dear friend, gone now, was a designer and a dressmaker of some local fame. Her shop had stacked bolts of the most exquisite stuff...silks that seemed to dance by themselves until they were made into gowns that still... Sign in to see full entry.
Pink Roses
There's a painting above my bed I think about when I look at it... In it, a woman dressed in a long, pink dress, wearing a straw hat, is cutting roses in her garden. A child in a lace cap and white pinafore, also wearing a long gown, stands by the woman holding onto her skirt. Behind them is a... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Krishna
The picture shows a beautiful youth...eternally young, calm, with four arms... That should be intimidating, but it is magnetic... I read that Brahma open his eyes; the Universe is. He closes his eyes, the Universe is not. But Krishna is forever, irregardless of Brahma, Kali or any other demi-god. He... Sign in to see full entry.