Pleasure/Wild Mind

Life is an experience of senses. Pleasure is a way from some higher form to see what is good. Healthy, honest, moral pleasure in its healing context is a response that keeps us on track. I am not talking of a bastardisation of pleasure. Pain keeps the hand off the burner so that we are free from harming ourselves. The experience of the senses guides us to what is good. Moderation is also a guide. In excess, to too little; this is not good. Buddhist monks eat "bland" food. The "bitter pill" western medicine talks about (in addition "treat food like medicine, medicine like food) shows up in traditional Chinese medicine. Foods like onion are reserved for medicinal purposes in TCM. We as writers can learn a lot from this. Writing well and reading a good book are pleasurable in that cognitively and emotionally we are rewarded for a healthy, well and good experience. We can and do learn a great deal from this.

Creative writing classes drill description, description, description. This is so much a sensual experience in the sense of relying on our senses. We write what we see, hear, smell, feel (comfort in our bones on a long walk taking in images, being present.) Taste the tears. Smell the coffee. Hear the applause. ... Be free from being denied; be free from being blocked by taboo. There is a narrow path of a healthy righteousness, writing to seek what is, what is being guided by a source. There is a sensual feeling of what is right, what yields lessons (failures) what to write where you are now, when you are at the monitor, the paper, the recorder, jotting the ideas, pulling in the horse to "30" by the reigns on the right line, carving the concrete w/ the skateboard, finding the line of weakness on a climb, the right words. Maybe now. Maybe change. Maybe later. It is a path of recovery from that lost part of your soul that yearns for the creator, seeking a truth, however subjective. The senses are so much a necessity for description. The sense of truth is being sought. We need to use our senses. For reality and imagination, ... a fantasy? To live life adroitly? Be your own guide, lead oneself. To thine own self be true. Advice? Take what you want ("you think will last"- Bob Dylan), ... leave the rest. Today is tomorrow's yesterday. Be present. Follow your bliss. Take care of your shop, and your shop will take care of you. May it be a pleasurable experience.

Write, write, write. Find the groove. Be your own guru. Follow the path. See the Buddha on the path, ... practice codependency solutions. Find supportive people that want you to succeed, find a mentor. Try one thing. Try its "antonym." Correct the path. The journey is the destination. Vagabondage calls for you. Walk on. Be free of someone going to pick you. Choose yourself. Choose life. Choose a writer's life of healthy debauchery; such as be aware of your environment, be creative, see today, be present, live in the present. Just for today. Add up your grateful "items" on your gratitude list. Celebrate life by living it. writing brings life to focus. Feeling good? Be impeccable w/ your words. Don't take anything "personally." Don't make assumptions. Always do your best. Be thorough. Feel the sensation of writing. Keep an open mind. Sense it. It is a noble obligation. Living life healthily is an experience of the senses. Feast. Rely on your senses. More and more trust your senses.