The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

My photo
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

East is east..... cont.

These two shots were taken from the roof just seconds apart last night.

"East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet."  Well, that's what they say anyway. 

In light of all the seemingly unresolvable problems and conflicts, which seem to suck us in and blind us, I offer these words from Korean master Songchol:
The world is based on the principle of relative dualities: good and evil, right and wrong, existence and non-existence, joy and anguish.  That's just the nature of conventional reality.  And as a result, this gives rise to contradictions and conflicts, which in turn result in misery.  If you wish to go beyond all of this and avoid conflicts, you have to rid yourself of all contradictions by transcending relative dualities.
Or as one of my favorite singers, Donnie, says, "You can go so far West, you'll wind up in the Western hemisphere." (Masterplan from his CD The Colored Section)
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