tales from an ordinary world

2000-09-18c

'I tried to eliminate what was unnecessary
but it was like untangling a ball of string
I never dreamed it'd be so difficult
and unrewarding"
Stephen Cummings.

So where exactly does one begin ? Or can I just expect to wake up one morning with the answer in my head, the way that Zen meditation teacher back in 1992 used to talk about the concept of "Sleeping On It" ? The glimpse of certain possibilities, though, just won't go away. I could make these jumps, in the hope that I'm moving forward, but...I'd like to be sure...or at least slightly moreso than usual. Every step I take seems like a bigger one than the last. The bottomless chasm is never far away.