art for arts sake

well im working on a number of art and writing projects and of course i think they are all wonderful. but snoop dog hasnt called. madonna hasnt called. even social d hasnt called. the mark taper forum doesnt yet know to call so they have an excuse... but oprah, well oprah has no excuse. she has so many copies of my books she could start a library! if i had a nickel for every $6 book i sent to a celebrity as promotion, id be a loser in a roomful of nickels! lol! at the moment the room has no nickels but im still here with a big fat L on my forehead. waiting. this week i will make some progress on the button paintings and a small film. im trying to get reasonable estimates for the letterpress printing of a small edition of handmade books. and im checking that the phone and answering machine works. so far it does. but ill check again.

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home sweet home

madonna has not called about my new downtown loft, she must be busy at the kaballah center. it is the high holidays, theres kugel to make. but i did dream that snoop dog wanted to produce a bunch of songs with me and a loft was part of the deal. so madonna may have to take a back seat as i rap on. i went to a loft party on saturday for the release of a newly renovated building in downtown la. it is a very community oriented compound designed to make people feel comfortable in the urban environment. but there were a couple of problems: one, the fixtures were cheap. and two, the value of my three bedroom home with antique fixtures and a fantastic garden will buy you something about the size of a car port ~ and with about as much charm. im sure god has kept my home from selling because the price of the lofts will come down and i will be able to get something larger and with a great view. the penthouse on this building had an amazing panorama view of los angeles, definitely a party home. but the cupboards would need to be replaced and the tile of the master bathroom looked like a bus station toilet. so a remodel of the new renovation would be needed... but snoop dog could definitely bring me on home!

the greatest country on earth

sally field spoke about the iraq war at the emmys and fox tv censored her. alan greenspan said the iraq war is only about oil and everyone knows it (in his just released memoirs) and the republican machine has begun to spin it. the little old lady at the seventh day adventist restaurant said her neighbor says that as long as the war doesnt affect her bank account and her soap operas she doesnt care. ignorance is the american way. inertia is the american way. when is america going to wake up and even realize that we are at war? the apathy at the burning of the book revolution rapture is typical of this time period in america. the do nothing generation. where are the 60s when you need them? god bless sally field. she does us proud.

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save yourself

yesterday at the seventh day adventist vegan restaurant the romanian woman who cooks guessed my age as 28. i told her she was right. she said she knew it was true because she had a son who was 28 so she saw what that looked like everyday. she also said i was calm. with the recent full moon and eclipses and retrograde planets going direct, nobody seems calm. my students and clients have been downright crazy. maybe its a lifetime of meditation (i have clients who have been with me for years and still cant find their way to a class); maybe its my diet (if you dont eat things with an asshole, maybe you wont be one); maybe its my spiritual healing work (which has saved my life and others on many ocassions) ~ but i always hear from people about the calmness around me (people dont comment as much specifically about youthfulness because they just assume im young). so heres my philosophy: if you want your life to change, change yourself. if you want to be calmer, younger, brighter DO SOMETHING about it. if you are crazy, read my book eating God. if you arent crazy, read my book eating God. if you want to improve yourself in any way, read my book eating God. if your body doesnt feel right, change your diet and exercise patterns (eat something green for godssake, do a little yoga) ~ these pertain to the body. if your mind doesnt feel right, get into a meditation class (or play chess or do crosswords) ~ these pertain to the mind. if your life doesnt feel right, work on releasing your karma (through spiritual remedies and healing work, meditation, feng shui, etc etc etc) ~ this pertains to your life. this pertains more to your life than anything else. this is the purpose of your life. start now. today. its never too late to be fabulous. its never too late to be 28!

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war what is it good for?

last night i went to the blessings center early and posted my peace posters inside and out ~ even vandalizing the group of no parking signs in front. yoga class was meditative and at the end we lit candles and placed them along the walkway. there was food after and we all had a pleasant evening. commemorating disaster and death doesnt have to be morbid. what did you do to remember september 11th? this morning i read that russia tested the largest non-nuclear bomb in existence ~ four times stronger than what we have. i imagine that means we will manufacture four times as many of ours. war is good for business. the spokesperson for the russian military said: "unlike a nuclear weapon, this bomb doesnt hurt the environment." im so glad they are thinking of the planet as they plan to bomb the hell out of us! people are expendable but we only have one earth. the new report regarding the war in iraq states that shock waves from bombs dislodge the brain in its cradle even if there is no wound. thousands and thousands of soldiers go undiagnosed and exhibit serious memory loss, confusion, and inability to cogitate. shaken baby syndrome. this is like someone who has been in the boxing ring too long, someone who doesnt know when to quit. well america has been in the boxing ring too long ~ bring our babies home! it seems that georgie bush has never been able to cogitate ~ but he cant use as an excuse the shock waves of a bomb. nevertheless dont you just want to take him by the shoulders and give him a good shake?

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yesterday today and tomorrow

i taught meditation class for the first time in a month yesterday and got an ovation (some of it standing) at the end. everyone has been crazy without it and they really appreciated my teaching. we had food for the virgo birthdays and chatted for quite awhile after. i came home to watch "made in la" a documentary about garment workers that aired on pbs but premiered at the los angeles film festival earlier this summer. my dear friend millie who works for legal aid promoted it and reminded me of the airing. i slept in this morning and that felt wonderful. my aunt mary came over after a doctors appointment and ran errands with me. then we went to lunch at mimis (which was better than ihop ~ her first choice). after that i went to pick up a couple cases of the bottles i use when making my spiritual remedies. between that stuff and emails and remote spiritual treatment of regular clients, my day is full. and i dont feel like i got anything done! tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of the september 11th disaster. after yoga we will have a candle vigil. i need to figure out how to hang a large "great minds dream alike" poster (if you havent seen these, check the website photographs). a shout out goes to some of those who have displayed my peace posters for over a year now: sutha thai (the best thai food in the world ~ including thailand) on lakewood boulevard in downey; my mother (whos poster brought crazy people to visit and she still displays it); and lil jean my daughters mother who has it posted to overlook a public parkinglot where the comments can be quite public... i salute you all! as a side note: when the realtor came, she suggested the large peace posters on the front and side of my house may be a distraction. elizabeth, aroused from her nap on the sofa, asked, "from what? the war?"

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update downdate stalemate who you hate?

san jose was a wonderful, tiring, too short trip this past labor day weekend to celebrate with steve. today is his birthday but when you have a brain tumor you dont put things on hold. he looks great. he seems great. the tumor is reduced over 75% and the current reading has the doctors in shock. doctors should be in shock more. there is no prognosis ~ nobody knows what to say ~ so he and martha have trips planned to the east coast and europe and everywhere in the next few months. god bless them. i came home with an ear infection. water from swimming in hawaii and pressure from several plane rides did a little magic in my right ear. im working on it. but its just one more thing ~ i seem to be high maintenence right now. chase bank notified the dmv that i have no insurance on the leased vehicle that was returned over two months ago. chase bank is a dirty "see you next tuesday". i wrote a letter to both the dmv and chase. the financial supervisors from chase bank have never returned the phone calls to them to resolve this matter. is it over a month now? lawyers i contacted to help with the matter have never called back or returned calls. part of the stress of this situation is that nothing ever works. i feel like im the only person who speaks my language and everyone else is just smiling and nodding and then doing nothing. i have art coming up for sale at three auctions in the next six weeks. there seem to be issues with each of them but the most concern is with david ragos craftsman auction because the contract doesnt seem correct to me. i called his assistant last week but havent gotten a call back yet. im gonna need to step up the feng shui voodoo ~ especially for communication. o yeah and the head of the salem witch trial book burning of zero ones "revolution rapture" (my abstract drawings are on the covers and inside pages) has been harassing me. how can such a couple of great months be so bad?

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