sweetfern, heal-all

[asakiyume]

Two gin and tonics, enriched and flavored by sweetfern (spicy, aromatic) and heal-all (can't discern its flavor,but it's in the mint family, and its name tells me it heals all!)

I practiced on a skateboard this morning. I still don't get it at all, but at least I see where and how I must get it. Lean to the left, lean to the right. Balance.

Goldfinches, hardly visible, but audible in the unrelenting blue sky. Sparrows. Mourning doves. Hawks. Also: things that rustle, invisibly, in the greenery. Snakes, chipmunks, squirrels, mice.

In bloom: yarrow, spotted knapweed, birdsfoot trefoil, black-eyed susans, meadowsweet, goatsbeard (mainly to seed), crown vetch, queen anne's lace, chicory, day lilies, purple clover, rabbit's foot clover, hop clover, butter-and-eggs (toadflax), purple toadflax, poke blossoms.

Could it be that the world is made of mathematics, and when we make music, we're reaching for those principles? Here is the number Tau (it's Pi x 2) played as music:

"What Tau Sounds Like" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Sweetfern gin and tonics? Hm...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It is (they are?) absolutely delicious. Now: imagine trying to talk with your brother after having drunk two.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I might be able to handle two. Maybe. Three on the other hand...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Next time I'm going to infuse a G&T with mugwort.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Mugwort water was nice.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, we have a canoe-thing now, so one day we are going to come down the connecticut river. By boat. To see you guys.

One day.

Not tomorrow, though, or even next week.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

But we'll meet at Readercon!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

(Imagine this said in Little Springtime's voice, with her tilting her head)

Will we, Cucumberseed? Will we?

... okay, actually, yes, I guess we most probably will.

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

The thing about transcendent experiences is that you have to give yourself time for them. If you're too busy within yourself, they can't get to you even if they try.

That video was amazing. The music is so calming, and so real. That was exactly what I needed.

Thank you.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes: the thing about transcendent experiences is that they ask you to ... release. Lose yourself, as Eminem (even!) says.

I'm so glad you liked the video. I thought, maybe this is what the world is made of.

[wuweibaby.livejournal.com]

Tau, as opposed to Tao

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The video shows the Tao of Tau ^_^

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

That is seriously cool!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh sartorias, and this morning I have **more** goodness to share with you, but I must upload the photos first.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I practiced on a skateboard this morning.

Go you! I hope that wasn't after the G&Ts...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Hahaha--my work often makes me long for G&T relief, but mainly, with gritted teeth, I put off the pleasure until evening :-P

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

Does your 'heal-all' sit quite low and have purple spikes of flowers? If so, it may be the plant that we call 'selfheal'...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes it does! And now I'm thinking maybe I misremembered its common name--maybe it's selfheal here, as well.