Reading the Thomas Merton book on Chuang Tzu. The latter is full of little stories and parables, but they remind me more of Kafka than Jesus. 'The Hat Saleman and the Capable Ruler' is a good example, because it leaves you wondering if the (presumably enlightened) ruler is in a state of bliss or distraught.
Like Kafka's parables, these suggest much more than they state; each one seems to promise a novel's-worth of story.
I want to read those novels.
Just got a tiny Asus computer to take along on an upcoming vacation, and it seems pretty nice - about the size of a large paperback. You can hook up a full-sized keyboard and display if you want. No CD drive, but this thing is the size of a mid-sized paperback novel, so you wouldn't expect one. It has 3 USB ports for extras. The small keys don't really bother me, as I'm not a touch-typist.
It comes with enough software to get me writing by the lake, that's what I aim to do.
I attended PodCast Boston a week and a day ago, and it gave me all sorts of ideas.
Because I consider myself to be a "content provider", that is a producer rather than a merchant or consumer, I decided to try to make some content and sell it online, a bit like a bagel vendor.
But I am hawking sound clips that I have composed. Yes, I know that other people do this (at outrageous prices, too!), but nobody offers the clips that I make but me, for better or worse.
These are tiny compositions and are cranky or delicate; some are just weird.
Check out my site: Your Own Web Music
