automatic poems 7/27/2023

All's well that ends well, The early bird catches the worm. News from far and near - That's what l’m talking about. Fit for a king, To have and to hold Print, cut, and book.

- Minx monsoon Felt like yesterday, Like a brother. A time to sew Way up high, To the moon and back! Think again About last night: Things fall apart That once were whole. Are you ok? Currently unavailable? Happening to me?

automatic drawing 7/20/2023

 

automatic poems 7/20/2023

Better get going Is what I meant to say A while ago. Heart-felt apologies Full of regret, Of the moment. Love is in the air more Than on my mind. A watched pot - Mind your manners, Filled around the edges. With that, I'll pass Knowledge of our ancestors. - Which is better -  Wolf or sheep's clothing? Will she or won't he Win a prize? The time is now! Fight or flight! In an instant, Your time is now! Heart to heart.

automatic poem 7/13/2023

Your mind is free 

Living as it will be,

Is contained and contains,

Determined to maintain,

Not predetermined.

So many ways:

Much influence

By confluence.

What emerges

Life converges.

Brings together

To the present moment.

You are that moment now,

As dynamic as flow,

By the time you are,

The moment is new.

Attitude adjusts.

You adapt.

Bring yourself to a new place,

To another point.

Life continues.

which one am i

recent events + circumstances have led to a bit of reflection within my family. while my mom was isolated in rehab after a car accident (she flipped the car), and we were processing my dad's tenuous grip on life over the phone, the subject of her three children came up. i asked her if it's fair to say my oldest sister is the "strong" one, and that my other sister (the middle child) is the "perfect" one ... she agreed in general. these are generalizations that have been in place for years in my family's culture. i've never really had such a designation to my knowledge, so I asked her "which 'one' am i?"

she didn't have a quick, easy answer. "you're ..." she thought about it. "you're like ... saint francis of assisi." too kind and not at all specifically accurate, but we were talking generalizations.

so, which "one" does that make me?

home remedy

tom-A-hawk's Gout-Out

in a small (4oz) juice tumbler, mix

- 2oz TART cherry juice (trader joes is best/best value)
- 2oz tom-A-hawk's ginger turmeric brew*

* tom-A-hawk's ginger turmeric brew
- 32oz ginger drink (i've used the ginger people's, r.w. knudsen makes a lemon-ginger-echinacea i've been using lately.)
- fresh ginger root, grated
- fresh turmeric root, grated
- teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

pour off 2-4oz ginger drink to make room, add grated ginger, turmeric, and pepper. let steep overnight.

attributed to karl rove, 2004

People like you are still living in what we call the reality-based community. You believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you are studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.

tom-A-hawk's law of #transit

tom-A-hawk's law of #transit - if you get to the stop w/ 5 mins to spare, the #bus is 5-10 mins late. if you cut it close AT ALL, bus is RIGHT on time, or a little early. 😤 @MetroTransitMN

last night’s dream

a reggae song, “alien dna,” performed by a black woman in a sunday hat, + her girls.

when things aren’t going as planned, consider that the way they are actually going will end up working out better.

last night’s dream

i am breathing the air, + walking barefoot on the sand, of mars.

last night’s dream

i’m on drag race. rupaul is irritated w/ me. 😞

post-9/11

in the ashes of the crashes
i found the gems of who i am
-tom-A-hawk, jr., 2001

recent dream imagery

cutting new tracks through snow, ripping up old 3x5 cue cards, refusing girl scout cookies that would trap me in a time loop ... all good.

new work

new work

new work

new works

Law of Jante

1. You're not to think you are anything special.
2. You're not to think you are as good as we are.
3. You're not to think you are smarter than we are.
4. You're not to convince yourself that you are better than we are.
5. You're not to think you know more than we do.
6. You're not to think you are more important than we are.
7. You're not to think you are good at anything.
8. You're not to laugh at us.
9. You're not to think anyone cares about you.
10. You're not to think you can teach us anything.

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