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THE MISSING TWIN TOWERS 09/12/01

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    On 09/12/01 I walked from 14th street and Union Square down to the hole in the ground that used to be the Twin Towers. It was an eerie and surrealistic experience. Check points with soldiers and policemen were on every block. Somehow I found a way to get to within two blocks of the center of the destruction. The light had a strange brownish glow due to a mixture of the heavy particles of the disentegrated buildings filtering the winter sunlight. Many people were wearing face masks to help them breathe. I was struck by the nearly universal dazed and shocked expressions of a multitude of awe struck onlookers like myself. However, as bad as it was, I was also struck by the noble activity of hundreds - or was it thousands - of workers and volunteers that were quietly, and methodically attending to the grim work of cleaning up this horrible lower manhatten "Pearl Harbor" mess. Returning to Union Square I came upon a hastily erected evolving memorial. On subequent days I came upon similar memorials, most notably a large one in Grand Central Station. What most stirred me were pictures of kin who were unaccounted for as yet, apparently posted by relatives and friends, desperately clinging to the hope that their loved ones had some escaped the horror and might be recognized by someone, anyone, who would take the time to carefully scan their names and faces and. if indeed spotted, would hopefully notify them. It was quite shaking to have to face up to the brutal fact that nothing is absolutely secure - life is tenuous at best. Perhaps all that can be done at such times is to try to remain steady and, if so inclined, to record such occurrences as objectively as is humanly possible.

AUTUMN IN NEW YORK

  • AUTUMN TRIUMPH
    I was feeling depressed yesterday morning. Additionally I was restless and somewhat agitated. My body wanted movement. I looked outside noticing that the fall colors were shimmering flooded with sunlight. I picked up my small canon camera and decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. The walk was magical. The pictures that follow speak for themselves. After only a few pictures it was obvious that my depression completely lifted. My conclusion is that immersion in nature - any season - is likely to be the best natural anti-depressant.

THE CHRISTOS' GATES

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THE CHRISTOS' GATES in the SNOW

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NATURE'S GLORY

  • New York City Fruit Stand #3
    What I most love about nature is it is so natural. It is what it is. It is so full of beauty. It gives so much and asks for nothing in return. Most of the flowers and yard photogaphs are a theme and variation from flowers and tomatos I plant each spring. I enjoy watching the buds ripening and opening up. I particularly enjoy the uniqueness of each flower as it unfolds sometime mid summer. As I zoom in for closeups I sense these colorful mysteries speak to some elemental and most essential best prrt of me. As I focus upon the details of each unique flower, or fruit, or tree, or mixture of shadow and light, or glitter, or sparkles, I feel as connected to being alive and resonant with my natural 'friends' as at any time or with any people in my life. I appreciate the democratic spirit clusters of flowers have for themselves collectively and individually. They seem to celebrate being alive as they unself consciously display their radiance for whomever wishes to take note - or not. They seem utterly indifferent whether anyone cares or not. They don't fuss or get irritated as they 'graciously' make room for each other. I can appreciate what Van Gogh felt in the open sunlight painting his sun flowers and hay stalks - giddily - passionately grasping for the right words as he expressed his feelingsin his letters to Theo {his brother}. Observing nature with direct perception, not having to find words to describe what is experienced, is a tonic for me - a being who derives his lively hood from systematically searching for just right words.

TIMES SQUARE, ETC.

  • Washington Square Arch Newly Litup
    Times square by day or night pulsates with excitement, noise, and electricity. If you are bored, or under stimulated go to Broadway and 42nd street to be atmospherically reinvigorated. No need to spend a fortune going to usually dissappointing theatre - just stand on a corner in Times Square and watch the passing show - fixed or in motion. A well crafted building is a joy to behold. Equally so are machines like the Metro North Railway trains, stations, tracks, wires virtually all of the trappings that go into making a transportation system. So too - unusual scenes such as colorful canoes glittering amongst tall green pine trees on a bright sun filled summer day delights my senses and stirs my soul. There is so much not to like but it is all worth it when my senses are stimulated. It is very true: you can't appreciate the light unless you can take note of the darkness.

RECORD SNOW STORM

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April 17, 2010

A POST PUBLICATION UPDATE - The GREAT VALUE of the INTERNET

SHYNESS IS NOT A VIRTUE

OK - I actually got my book published. So I have accompished half of my objective of  changing the world for the better. This half is organizing my content and making it public. The next half is connecting with increasing numbers of interested readers.  This task has been daunting and challenging to say the least.

As my book - DEMYSTIFYING MEANINGFUL COINCIDENCES (SYNCHRONICITIES): The Evolving Self, The Personal Unconscious, and The Careative Process is 'officially' slotted as an "academic" book it is not sold in the book stores. Instead it is only sold online (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and the publisher: Jacob Aronson.) This means no paid book tours (a thing of the past unless your last name is spelled Palin). It also means it is only printed as a hard cover with a hefty price of $70.00 (discounted to $56.00) until a year or so goes by. Then it will probably be printed as a soft cover edition as well. This means I have to do all the work to get 'it' out there.

In this connection I have had a number of events including a book release event in an art gallery in New York coincidentally named Synchronicity. I also have appeared on the Laurie Nadel radio show twice. Additionally I was invited to be a panelist on a conference called Introspective Truth in Bloomington, Indiana at Indiana University. Next Thursday night I am scheduled to be interviewed by Connie (Gather) from Thursday April 22nd at 9PM ET. [I LOVE BOOKS]

In two weeks I am going to be in another event at which I am going to be on a panel discussing alternative synchronicity theories and their clinical applications. I am very much looking forward to this event as it will be the first time that my alternative natural non Jungian - non mystical/magical theory will be critiqued by some Jungian proponents.

All in all I am quite pleased and excited by my new found sense of purpose and direction. My aim is to find a way to be tapped into the circle of 'experts' who are invited to travel all over the world to make speaking engagments to various conferences and the likes.

I see that this process is slow and steady - like planting a seed, with the aim of initiating a root system, which if properly nurtured should enventually flower. I am throroughly dedicated to obtaining my objective and spurred on by the fact that if Ms. Palin can do it why not me.

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