Matsuo Basho

Matsuo Basho
Peripatetic Poet

Friday, March 19, 2010

Blog Post: #7


The “D” in W-O-N-D-E-R. Hmmmmmmmmm Darn it. Dazed. Delighted. Daring. Dastardly. Dizzying. Think verbs. Dive. Descend. Dance. Disturb. That’s it – “D” equals “disturb.” To truly wonder, we must mess up our daily routine a bit and see things in new ways. We must disturb our sleepwalking through the day, and wake up to the moments of life that swirl, wiggle, bounce, slide, hop all around us. We may need to begin by changing our perspective. Stand on your head. Sit up on the roof. Lie down outside on your belly for a half hour and record everything you can see in front of your face …. You will be amazed at how much life we trample. We are oblivious, because we are not awake. Disturb yourself into a new reality. DON’T do the same ‘ol thing.

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