JUNE 2025
WEDNESDAY JUNE 25
THERE ARE PEOPLE,
THERE IS SOMEONE
THERE ARE PEOPLE ARRANGING FLOWERS THERE ARE PEOPLE CUTTING FLOWERS THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING DOGS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE DRIVING BUSES THERE ARE PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW.
THERE IS SOMEONE CARRYING AN UMBRELLA THERE IS SOMEONE DOING LAUNDRY THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE STREET SELLING NEWSPAPERS. THERE IS SOMEONE RIDING A BIKE THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING OUT THE TRASH THERE IS SOMEONE BUYING NEW GLASSES THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING A NOTE THERE IS SOMEONE LEANING ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE IS SOMEONE GUARDING THE BUILDING THERE IS SOMEONE PUSHING A CART OF PRODUCE THERE IS SOMEONE SELLING FRUIT. THERE IS SOMEONE STEPPING IN A PUDDLE THERE IS SOMEONE VOTING FOR A NEW MAYOR THERE IS SOMEONE DIGGING A HOLE IN THE GROUND. THERE IS SOMEONE PLANTING A SEED THERE IS SOMEONE DRINKING A COFFEE THERE IS SOMEONE DRINKING A TEA THERE IS SOMEONE SINGING AN ARIA IN A CHURCH THERE IS SOMEONE DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE. THERE IS SOMEONE WAVING A FLAG THERE IS SOMEONE DANCING TO MUSIC COMING OUT OF A SPEAKER THERE IS SOMEONE DRINKING AN ICED TEA THERE IS SOMEONE KNITTING. THERE IS SOMEONE GOING UP IN AN ELEVATOR THERE IS SOMEONE CUTTING DOWN A TREE THERE IS SOMEONE ICING A CAKE. THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING IN A BLIND DOG THERE IS SOMEONE PUTTING ON A RECORD. THERE IS SOMEONE ATTENDING THE MEMORIAL OF A FAMILY MEMBER THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING IN A JOURNAL. THERE IS SOMEONE TALKING ON THE PHONE. THERE IS SOMEONE TURNING ON A LIGHT THERE IS SOMEONE TURNING OFF A LIGHT THERE IS SOMEONE BEING INTERVIEWED THERE IS SOMEONE CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW THERE IS SOMEONE READING A NOVEL THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING A NOVEL THERE IS SOMEONE ON A SEESAW THEREIS SOMEONE BEING BORN THERE IS SOMEONE GIVING BIRTH THERE IS SOMEONE DYING THERE IS SOMEONE SPEAKING THEIR LAST WORDS THERE IS SOMEONE OPENING A PACKAGE THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING A POSTCARD THERE IS SOMEONE SENDING A LETTER THERE IS SOMEONE SAYING I LOVE YOU. THERE IS SOMEONE PUTTING ON A PAIR OF SHOES THERE IS SOMEONE BRUSHING THEIR TEETH THERE IS SOMEONE POPPING BUBBLE WRAP THERE IS SOMEONE JUMPING INTO A POOL THERE IS SOMEONE HANGING WET LAUNDRY ON A CLOTHESLINE THERE IS SOMEONE BLOWING UP A BALLOON THERE’S SOMEONE SPEAKING THEIR FIRST WORDS THERE IS SOMEONE HAVING A BIRTHDAY THERE IS SOMEONE PLAYING CARDS THERE IS SOMEONE MASTURBATING THERE IS SOMEONE COOKING DINNER THERE IS SOMEONE GETTING A HAIRCUT THERE IS SOMEONE CRYING OUT OF SADNESS THERE IS SOMEONE CRYING OUT OF JOY THERE IS SOMEONE PICKING FRUIT THERE IS SOMEONE HURTING SOMEONE ELSE THERE IS SOMEONE READING OUT LOUD THERE’S SOMEONE WRITING A POEM THERE IS SOMEONE ADOPTING A CHILD THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING MEDICATION THERE IS SOMEONE BEING BAPTIZED THERE IS SOMEONE PREACHING A SERMON THERE IS SOMEONE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR THERE IS SOMEONE RETURNING HOME THERE IS SOMEONE SITTING ON THE TOILET THERE IS SOMEONE RIDING THE TRAIN THERE IS SOMEONE SUCKING THEIR THUMB THERE IS SOMEONE CATCHING A FISH.
THERE IS SOMEONE
THERE ARE PEOPLE ARRANGING FLOWERS THERE ARE PEOPLE CUTTING FLOWERS THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING DOGS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE DRIVING BUSES THERE ARE PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW.
THERE IS SOMEONE CARRYING AN UMBRELLA THERE IS SOMEONE DOING LAUNDRY THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE STREET SELLING NEWSPAPERS. THERE IS SOMEONE RIDING A BIKE THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING OUT THE TRASH THERE IS SOMEONE BUYING NEW GLASSES THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING A NOTE THERE IS SOMEONE LEANING ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE IS SOMEONE GUARDING THE BUILDING THERE IS SOMEONE PUSHING A CART OF PRODUCE THERE IS SOMEONE SELLING FRUIT. THERE IS SOMEONE STEPPING IN A PUDDLE THERE IS SOMEONE VOTING FOR A NEW MAYOR THERE IS SOMEONE DIGGING A HOLE IN THE GROUND. THERE IS SOMEONE PLANTING A SEED THERE IS SOMEONE DRINKING A COFFEE THERE IS SOMEONE DRINKING A TEA THERE IS SOMEONE SINGING AN ARIA IN A CHURCH THERE IS SOMEONE DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE. THERE IS SOMEONE WAVING A FLAG THERE IS SOMEONE DANCING TO MUSIC COMING OUT OF A SPEAKER THERE IS SOMEONE DRINKING AN ICED TEA THERE IS SOMEONE KNITTING. THERE IS SOMEONE GOING UP IN AN ELEVATOR THERE IS SOMEONE CUTTING DOWN A TREE THERE IS SOMEONE ICING A CAKE. THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING IN A BLIND DOG THERE IS SOMEONE PUTTING ON A RECORD. THERE IS SOMEONE ATTENDING THE MEMORIAL OF A FAMILY MEMBER THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING IN A JOURNAL. THERE IS SOMEONE TALKING ON THE PHONE. THERE IS SOMEONE TURNING ON A LIGHT THERE IS SOMEONE TURNING OFF A LIGHT THERE IS SOMEONE BEING INTERVIEWED THERE IS SOMEONE CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW THERE IS SOMEONE READING A NOVEL THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING A NOVEL THERE IS SOMEONE ON A SEESAW THEREIS SOMEONE BEING BORN THERE IS SOMEONE GIVING BIRTH THERE IS SOMEONE DYING THERE IS SOMEONE SPEAKING THEIR LAST WORDS THERE IS SOMEONE OPENING A PACKAGE THERE IS SOMEONE WRITING A POSTCARD THERE IS SOMEONE SENDING A LETTER THERE IS SOMEONE SAYING I LOVE YOU. THERE IS SOMEONE PUTTING ON A PAIR OF SHOES THERE IS SOMEONE BRUSHING THEIR TEETH THERE IS SOMEONE POPPING BUBBLE WRAP THERE IS SOMEONE JUMPING INTO A POOL THERE IS SOMEONE HANGING WET LAUNDRY ON A CLOTHESLINE THERE IS SOMEONE BLOWING UP A BALLOON THERE’S SOMEONE SPEAKING THEIR FIRST WORDS THERE IS SOMEONE HAVING A BIRTHDAY THERE IS SOMEONE PLAYING CARDS THERE IS SOMEONE MASTURBATING THERE IS SOMEONE COOKING DINNER THERE IS SOMEONE GETTING A HAIRCUT THERE IS SOMEONE CRYING OUT OF SADNESS THERE IS SOMEONE CRYING OUT OF JOY THERE IS SOMEONE PICKING FRUIT THERE IS SOMEONE HURTING SOMEONE ELSE THERE IS SOMEONE READING OUT LOUD THERE’S SOMEONE WRITING A POEM THERE IS SOMEONE ADOPTING A CHILD THERE IS SOMEONE TAKING MEDICATION THERE IS SOMEONE BEING BAPTIZED THERE IS SOMEONE PREACHING A SERMON THERE IS SOMEONE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR THERE IS SOMEONE RETURNING HOME THERE IS SOMEONE SITTING ON THE TOILET THERE IS SOMEONE RIDING THE TRAIN THERE IS SOMEONE SUCKING THEIR THUMB THERE IS SOMEONE CATCHING A FISH.
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FRIDAY JUNE 13 951A
I’M SEEING THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. MAKING CONNECTIONS. DRAPING CLOTH ONTO THE FRAMEWORK. CONNECTING THE DOTS. NOTATING WHAT APPEARS: WORDS, IMAGES, COLORS, SHAPES, PATTERNS. IN TIME. TIME IS SPATIAL. EVERYTHING IS GOING IN A DIRECTION, EVERYTHING GOES IN A DIRECTION IN A GIVEN MOMENT, AND ANOTHER, GOING. ALWAYS TOWARD, NEVER AWAY. MOVEMENT CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF SOMETHING, AS TIME CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF SOMETHING, AS TIME CANNOT BE ERASED, TIME IS ALWAYS A FACTOR, TIME IS ALWAYS HERE, HERE IS ALWAYS NOW. AND THEN — NOW.
AGAIN, IT IS NOW. THINGS ARE APPEARING TO ME, APPROACHING FROM A POINT ON THE DISTANT HORIZON. CLOSER, CLOSER CLOSER. UNTIL I CAN DISTINGUISH IT. UNTIL LINES AND MATTER BECOME MEANING. THEN SHAPE IS RECOGNIZABLE. IT SHAPES ITSELF AS I GIVE IT SHAPE, AND THAT SHAPE IS MEANING. IT GIVES ME SHAPE — I GIVE IT MEANING. FORM IS WITHOUT MEANING UNTIL IT IS GIVEN SHAPE.
AGAIN, IT IS NOW. THINGS ARE APPEARING TO ME, APPROACHING FROM A POINT ON THE DISTANT HORIZON. CLOSER, CLOSER CLOSER. UNTIL I CAN DISTINGUISH IT. UNTIL LINES AND MATTER BECOME MEANING. THEN SHAPE IS RECOGNIZABLE. IT SHAPES ITSELF AS I GIVE IT SHAPE, AND THAT SHAPE IS MEANING. IT GIVES ME SHAPE — I GIVE IT MEANING. FORM IS WITHOUT MEANING UNTIL IT IS GIVEN SHAPE.
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