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"The Sea of the Sky." Huntsville, Alabama. 4 Sep 2008.
The sky that morning reminded me of a satellite image looking out over the ocean, with the sun the eye of a hurricane and tropical clouds swirling around it. In fact, these clouds were a remnant from one of the spring hurricanes that had blown in to us from the Gulf.
If you follow the logic of this one really closely, you'll discover that Brann is saying "become a woodworker--you'll get the hot chicks."
And then there's his coinage "ANEBE". Crazy that that one didn't catch on.
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From a series of circa-1960s D.I.Y. books called "Easi-Bild" that were published by a fellow named Donald Brann. In the beginning of each one, he wrote a little homily that tried to link up his own Confucius-like wisdom with whatever Easy Bild project was at hand.
So there would be a couple of paragraphs where he waxed poetic about some general concept essential to the good life, and then there would be a paragraph where he'd try to make you think you'd never done better by yourself than you did the moment you decided, say, to purchase the Easy Bild book on building a plywood bar in your basement.
A tragically overlooked 20th-century Thoreau was Mr. Brann.
"The Unclear Present." University of Alabama in Huntsville. Huntsville, Alabama. 20 Aug 2008.
I was depressed this day and longing for expression. As I sat down at the table to write, a brisk breeze steadily stirring my pages, I was struck by the beauty of the image. The primary goal of the depth of field here was to mask what I was writing in my pages; if I had been able to capture what I was feeling, it was that I couldn't see what was ahead of me. But what I did capture may actually be closer to the truth; it may be a message of encouragement to me. It's merely the present that I cannot see. The distant future is more hopeful and bright.
I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
QuoteoftheDay ‘Once your heart is purified and cleansed, God himself will settle in.’ - HH @Younus_AlGohar
QuoteoftheDay ‘Once your heart is purified and cleansed, God himself will settle in.’ - HH @Younus_AlGohar
"We live in a strange and wondrous age of miracles. By harnessing the gravitational power of a planet, men discovered how to travel further, faster, and finally to walk on the moon."
Heavy man. Just frickin' heavy.
"....A case in point is...a switch that fails to function. It immediately radiates small waves of irritation that stimulate larger currents of despair."
So, so true. Many are the times I've wanted to do myself in after pressing the "On" button of a small appliance only to find it not working.
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From a series of circa-1960s D.I.Y. books called "Easi-Bild" that were published by a fellow named Donald Brann. In the beginning of each one, he wrote a little homily that tried to link up his own Confucius-like wisdom with whatever Easy Bild project was at hand.
So there would be a couple of paragraphs where he waxed poetic about some general concept essential to the good life, and then there would be a paragraph where he'd try to make you think you'd never done better by yourself than you did the moment you decided, say, to purchase the Easy Bild book on building a plywood bar in your basement.
A tragically overlooked 20th-century Thoreau was Mr. Brann.
"Don't allow bathroom congestion to become a daily irritant."
See "Peace of Mind in One Lesson", the section discussing tensions that mount and then explode.
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From a series of circa-1960s D.I.Y. books called "Easi-Bild" that were published by a fellow named Donald Brann. In the beginning of each one, he wrote a little homily that tried to link up his own Confucius-like wisdom with whatever Easy Bild project was at hand.
So there would be a couple of paragraphs where he waxed poetic about some general concept essential to the good life, and then there would be a paragraph where he'd try to make you think you'd never done better by yourself than you did the moment you decided, say, to purchase the Easy Bild book on building a plywood bar in your basement.
A tragically overlooked 20th-century Thoreau was Mr. Brann.
I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.
"Those who need it the most, frequently find relaxing a difficult part of living. Almost before they realize what is happening, tensions mount, then explode. "
And then your wife, your three children, your mother-in-law, your two dogs, and your next door neighbor are all lying face down in your back yard as you explain to the law enforcement officers how your gun went off while you were cleaning it.
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From a series of circa-1960s D.I.Y. books called "Easi-Bild" that were published by a fellow named Donald Brann. In the beginning of each one, he wrote a little homily that tried to link up his own Confucius-like wisdom with whatever Easy Bild project was at hand.
So there would be a couple of paragraphs where he waxed poetic about some general concept essential to the good life, and then there would be a paragraph where he'd try to make you think you'd never done better by yourself than you did the moment you decided, say, to purchase the Easy Bild book on building a plywood bar in your basement.
A tragically overlooked 20th-century Thoreau was Mr. Brann.
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Hedgy looks deep in thought.
Vignette: none-square, Pixlr-o-matic: Ramona-Frame-Paint
No matter where we come from, we all carry stories that ache and moments that shape us. Stigma too exists everywhere influenced not just by individuals, but by the families and spaces we grow up in.
At the core, our struggles are more similar than we think.
Because being human means feeling deeply, universally.