go with the flow
i’ve been a bit out of sorts lately, probably because i have been out of my regular routine. now, a routine can become a rut, but no routine can also be that. anyway, tonight it feels like my mojo is coming back. i’m excited about going to work tomorrow, i have inspiration and plans for my week ahead. i’m an artist. when i was younger i didn’t like to say that because it sounded so pretentious and silly. but now i’m older and i can admit to myself and the world around me that i am actually an artist. my art manifests in many ways, and tonight as i was in the studio painting, it came to me in the way of a creative idea.
i have a certain history with homelessness, one i will not get into detail about here. and what was sticking in my mind tonight is those people on the side of the road holding signs. i want to help those people somehow, and it’s not like i sit around trying to figure out how to help them, or it’s not as if i give them money because i don’t, but i always wish i could do something to improve their quality of life a bit so they didn’t have to stand out there holding signs all day. tonight i got an idea.
there was one time when i was heading home at lunchtime with a deep dish pepperoni sausage, carrot and zucchini pizza for some guys working at my house. i stopped at a red light and there was a guy holding a sign, “homeless and hungry.” i gave him a slice of that pie and a napkin and watched as he slurped up a big bite as i pulled away. i slurped up a bite myself a moment later and so i know if he could feel anything at all, he was feeling a bit lightheaded and transcendental at that moment. that hot slice was about the best thing in the world at that moment and i eat pizza and delicious foods all the time. what must it have been like for him?
anyway, doing something for someone in need always feels good. the problem with those sign holders is they don’t seem to do anything. well, that’s part of my idea. and also part of my idea is to help them make more money and, well, that is what a lot of people wish for anyway. i can’t tell you about my idea just yet. i have to work on it over the next couple weeks and see how it goes. i’m a busy guy so it won;t be easy for me to find time to hatch this idea, but if my trial run goes well, then i’ll have plenty of inspiration to make more time to carry it out and at some point the idea will take off on its own.
excercise and painting. these are two things i was able to do today that i rarely get to do. and if i’m lucky enough to do one in a day, i seldomly do both. today i got to both, probably because satchel’s was closed and i am coming out of my funk.
i’d really like to tell you about my idea. but if things work out, i just may have more info coming soon, and even visual aid by the first week in july. if things don;t go well, well… i might never mention it again.
2 days off is awesome. c and i went out to dragonfly tonight. i’d have gone to paramount but i thought it was closed. turned out it was open… next time.
come out this week for some great music at LSE. ekendra dasa on tuesday night. boilin’ oil on wednesday night, dj nora thursdays, sweet harmony friday and dino lorenzo saturday. that’s a good line up, let me assure you.
(FYI: the idea has nothing to do with pizza. )
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