Communications from the Field Posted on 05/01/2018 by Michael Gray “To live your life is not to cross a field.” Hamlet poem in Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak The edition of “Dr. Zhivago” that showed...
My Bubble World Posted on 04/25/2018 by Michael Gray “Thoughts may arise like bubbles in a stream of water, but we are intent on entering the thought’s ‘bubble world’. From within that world...
What’s Next? Posted on 04/17/2018 by Michael Gray Light is showing up among the branches visible through my sunroom windows. Not enough to predict what kind of day it will be, but...
“Time—Enter Stage Right” Posted on 04/10/2018 by Michael Gray “But the plan of action is determined And the end irrevocably sealed. I am alone; all round me drowns in falsehood: Life is not...
“The Gyre of Time” Posted on 04/05/2018 by Michael Gray “The culprit and the life giver is the dung and its smell of fresh air”, “Dr. Zhivago”, Boris Pasternak. Today, April 2. 2018, I...
“Playfulness of Thoughts” Posted on 03/28/2018 by Michael Gray This morning, while practicing “Playfulness of Thoughts”–an exercise in Dynamics of Time and Space (DTS)–I discovered just how ‘unplayful’ I’m feeling these days. This...
An Unanticipated Trip. Posted on 03/22/2018 by Michael Gray A man, who for several years hasn’t driven outside the radius that holds his grocery store and a few favorite restaurants, is planning a...
Wind-Tossed Trees Posted on 03/13/2018 by Michael Gray “The moment we resolve to invite knowledge into our lives, we have already activated it. Do we wish to live a life rich...
Stay at Home Travel Plans Posted on 03/07/2018 by Michael Gray Today I must visit him. No more equivocations. No more looking in the mirror and seeing a young man looking back, as if time...
Wax On, Wax Off. Posted on 03/01/2018 by Michael Gray There is a scene in the first “Karate Kid” movie, where a talented and impatient teenager is assigned the job of waxing Mr. Miyagi’s...