Monday, Monday

[gurdonark]

I did two cards to send out to postcardx people--back to simple photographs affixed to corruplast cards.
I wonder if it really was necessary to put the explanatory text "two horses, rural Collin County, Texas" below the photo of two horses. I would say something pithy like "I don't trust pictures, I only trust words", but today will be far too busy a day for pith. My nearly perfect record of over-achievement,
urgent insistence on task completion, and general weekend worthwhileness dissipated around 8 p.m. last night. That's when I let it get dark without mowing my yard. Monday evenings are good times to mow.
I've got a simple hearing to attend this morning,
and solid work to do all day. At least mowing our
postcard-sized yard lets me feel that I've gotten something done. I also like simple, talent-free things I do myself because I don't have to worry "is it right?", "am I putting myself in someone's way?",
"have I committed a social blunder?". No, with the lawnmower it's just--got gas? got oil? cleaned the sponge that passes for a carburetor? Let it rip!

Comments

[voodoukween.livejournal.com]

simple is sublime and that's not a line from forrest gump which i watched again of late

the simple task of sorting works well for me, sorting beads, fabric, socks, books, cd's no matter. it is actually an archetypal involvement that allows the psyche its time to sort and process

take daydreaming, for decades we were shunned for wasting time yet the human psyche needs our intellectual downtime, and not just in sleep, to function healthily (is that a word?)

daydreaming, like night dreaming allows the subconscious mind to be "heard" as it were

sorting is a common theme in fairy tale and folk lore for this reason, whether it's finding a needle in a haystack or sifting seeds from dirt, it is illustrated that the answer comes from addressing the simplest of tasks

and the bonus is the immaculate sense of accomplishment achieved in this far too complex world we live in

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Yes, well put. It is a complex world, and my world, like others', is very complex and stressful.
But I do like folks like www.seedsofsimplicity.org, that try to focus on less stressful, more mindful ways to do day to day living.