After hours of thought and frustration I made some progress with Appearances today.  Felt totally incapable with the guitar though.  I'm some sort of a writer but not much of a musician.

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I've been reading a book about John Cage and Buddhism and thinking about "ego noise."  I'm, for sure, not quit of it.  Never will be, I'm sure.  Still, there have been periods of my life where things have been much muddier psychologically.

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One wants and that leaves one wanting.

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It's hard to imagine oneself not existing unless one truly can imagine ending it all and then that's the beginning of the end.

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Beginnings and endings are difficult, but so are the middle parts.

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So it goes.

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