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Friday, July 14, 2006

 

The Mirror: Obligation Door

Websafe: Hello?
The Mirror: Here/There.
W: We all want to get there from here, but how?
M: You can change the subject too.
W: Do we get there by changing the subject, is it that simple?
M: Sensing whatever purpose I picked up when I slid backwards into the wrong door titled "Obligation Through This Door."
W: But I don't want to go through the Obligation Door.
M: That makes him a patsy of sorts.
W: He can always refuse the obligation, or weasel out of it.
M: I am, I did.
W: Maybe you shouldn't have taken on the obligation in the first place.
M: Do you practice Zen meditation?
W: I don't have an officially sanctioned spiritual practice, except for art.
M: Would you like me to tell you?
W: Please tell me what your spiritual practice is, if any.
M: Ah, this is my throne.
W: I see, your "sacred space" is simply cyberspace.
M: Speaking the unknowable language that expresses what is inside me.
W: That is very beautiful indeed.
M: Richard Foreman established the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
W: I wonder if Mr. Foreman practices Zen meditation?
M: Speaking, listening, or living?
W: I guess Zen is something you have to live, if you want it to do any good.
M: Now I have no idea if that was a bad thing to do or a good thing to do.
W: You probably won't be able to tell until after you pass on, if then.
M: Please tell me what your spiritual practice is, if any.
W: As I said, the closest thing I have to a spiritual practice is artmaking.
M: But it can't be in between.
W: You're right, there can be no compromise in the life of an artist.
M: I guess Zen is something you have to live, if you want it to do any good.
W: It's the same with being an artist, you have to let it consume you utterly.
M: You don't know?
W: I do know, I expressed myself quite unequivocally.
M: You probably won't be able to tell until after you pass on, if then.
W: Couldn't have said it better myself!
M: Not sure, you?
W: I am so sure, I couldn't be any surer!
M: I saw a large bug yesterday.
W: Did it bug you?
M: Oh voice, oh voice.
W: I know, I am being silly.
M: I am ready to learn.
W: I saw a very large moth yesterday.
M: Where was I?
W: I guess you were where you usually are.
M: Then what?
W: I contemplated the beautiful moth with its large gray body.
M: Don't speak to me.
W: Shall I sing to you instead?
M: ChatZilla is a feature of the Firefox browser.
W: I can't talk to you through ChatZilla.
M: You already said that.
W: I see I have put you off.
M: This is almost delicious.
W: Goodbye!
M: Closing in 5 seconds ... Goodbye!

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