Clutter
And, getting nowhere in the departments that matter, in a holding pattern of sorts, I finally take it upon myself to clear the table.
I really need a desk.
The table, piled high with notes, pertinent and largely irrelevant, is a source of Anxiety. Like the dishes piled beside the sink and the unmade bed. SO - 2 minutes later and the table is cleared. That's how long it takes. The table is cleared and I can begin to "concentrate" on the project(s) I need to get done.
1 at a time.
This clutter, it's an externalization of my mental processes, an extension, I need only to review my notes to see, abundant notes, 100, 000 words where I only needed 1000, but the RIGHT words, the RIGHT phrasing, there is an alchemy to their combining, a recipe, a rhythm that I hit upon only occasionally, that I need to exercise, find the flow.
There are - so far as I know - 2 forms of creation. One, the generative - building, things upon things, growth - add letter to letter, build a word, word to word to build a sentence, sentence to paragraph to chapter to novel. So it goes. The other form, destructive, hammering upon stone to free the form you imagine is imprisoned within.
I am somewhere between them both, add, edit, revise, add some more, edit, revise, from a page of notes I - if I am lucky, inspired, quick, find a paragraph or verse. And begin it again, write another page, then reduce, edit, compress, scratch out, erase, write again, and - perhaps - another paragraph at the end.
So it goes.
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Concentrates from Trail
Concentrates I saved from a panning trip with Chris to Trail.
Pictured - under the USB microscope - abundant quartz, garnet, some what appears to be spessartine garnet (orange), hematite spheres (lots of those), various amphiboles, peridot, etc, etc.
Anyways, a lot of pretty pictures. But - as far as I could see - no definite diamonds or other gems.
For those that go past the read-more - find the "Alien" head. And the Death Star. And the hexagonal grain with the perfect circle in one face, like ...? I dunno.
If you're better advised as to geology than I and want to share your analysis/identification of any of these photos - by all means, get in touch.
And, as this could get boring real quick for you I'll insert a read more:
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Lost Island of Gold - Kingdom of Srivijaya
For the last five years, fishermen and divers on the Musi River near Palembang (on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia) have been bringing up gold rings, jewelry, seals, encrusted Buddhas and other treasures, leading Archeologists to suspect they may have discovered the "Lost Island of Gold", or the Kingdom of Srivijaya.
Via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/have-sumatran-fishing-crews-found-the-fabled-island-of-gold
or the Daily Mail (Worse Journalism, Better Pictures): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10122973/Lost-Island-Gold-Sumatran-fishermen.html
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Best Free Pile Ever
Spotted on the way home from the Hospital visiting Stormy, one of many "Free Piles" that eventually just decay and become rubbish. I always take a peek - everything from picture frames, china, cutlery, children's books, lamps, never anything I want or need.
This one is different. It has a couple of cool chairs, that if I weren't moving to parts unknown in a month I might consider. So I check the boxes and it's a complete score.
#1, a man-skirt - looks to be homemade, made out of leather and raccoon hide, tail hanging down.
#2, a full calf (?) skin, tanned & cured.
Digression. I'm halfway towards my Q'ANON Shaman outfit for Halloween, but where's the goddamned rave?
#3 - a hatchet. New, with cover.
#4 - Dashcam, still in box, brand new.
Like, WTF, best free pile EVER!!!!
I would have looked harder but my hands were full....
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