"The one legged squats generate more wattage than most men can generate in their lives.
General, I soon head to Colombia for my visit with you. I hope you have left the place in good shape. I arrive to Colombia to learn how they solve their problems. This is why to travel, according to the Irish man met along the roads of France, the old Irish man. This is why to travel, to find how the people solve the problem. "
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Mountains
I ran the trail today, in the mountains, rocks, red and brown dirt, boulders, ridges, foothills, distant peaks, and the feeling the mountain will kill me.
But what's death anyhow, right? If it is predictable, if your life is prolonged by the wishes or wants of others, you have lost your way. No, rather, go when you want to go. Don't let people say the 'risk-reward' was stupid. No, the death was beautiful, the risk, the courage, the sacrifice, and effort. Choose your death wisely. It will come. Face death with two clenched fists, and a stance that says "I've got 13 motherfucking rounds, you fuck."
But what's death anyhow, right? If it is predictable, if your life is prolonged by the wishes or wants of others, you have lost your way. No, rather, go when you want to go. Don't let people say the 'risk-reward' was stupid. No, the death was beautiful, the risk, the courage, the sacrifice, and effort. Choose your death wisely. It will come. Face death with two clenched fists, and a stance that says "I've got 13 motherfucking rounds, you fuck."
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Moraline's footnotes
Important ideas hide in footnotes. They hide in photographs. Recently, Moraline wrote the following in a footnote to one of my recent pieces:
"If he can go through the difficult process of stripping away the cultural elements that direct him against his nature, the man in the lineage of the hunters of old can himself begin to live again as a hunter.
His life will assume a modern form: maybe a mercenary, or an adventurer, a speedy runner across the mountains, and maybe a cyclist. What is common among the forms is that this man will look to new lands. The hunt is always an exploration into new, often dangerous, territory. The home, the city, the apartments, and the securities and pleasures and comforts of girlfriends and families are all its opposite.
This man who runs and hunts in new lands has allowed his destiny to become him.
He goes alone or with other men so destined."
"If he can go through the difficult process of stripping away the cultural elements that direct him against his nature, the man in the lineage of the hunters of old can himself begin to live again as a hunter.
His life will assume a modern form: maybe a mercenary, or an adventurer, a speedy runner across the mountains, and maybe a cyclist. What is common among the forms is that this man will look to new lands. The hunt is always an exploration into new, often dangerous, territory. The home, the city, the apartments, and the securities and pleasures and comforts of girlfriends and families are all its opposite.
This man who runs and hunts in new lands has allowed his destiny to become him.
He goes alone or with other men so destined."
Saturday, June 4, 2011
The city
Twilight 22: Electric Kingdom
"Huh deep in the city people live in the streets
You got to be careful of everyone you meet
There's lootin' and shootin' people stabbin' and grabbin'
The innocent by stander the police are grabbin'
Ain't it a pity 'cause you hate the city
But the way you feel ain't no big deal
You've got to survive and that the real nitty gritty
You go uptown downtown you've got to turn your life around
Back in the jungle a man is free
Free from the street from captivity
Break out break in it doesn't matter where you've been
Snake pit lion's den you need someone to be your friend"
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