GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

Category: Artifacts

  • The dinner jousted over the undulating dearth and glut of technology.

    They took the iPad during our zoom call,
    And hid under a pair of blankets,
    To squirm, laugh, giggle, squawk, fidget, and squeal.

    They insisted I join the call on my iPhone,
    To transmit this fuzzy, pulsing grey blob to the family.

    “At your age, grandpa got our first video camera, much less eight.”

    She wants her own phone, like her friends.

    “You don’t need a phone, just use my my number.”
    “When I was a boy, we only had one phone in the whole house.”
    “Mommy shared a phone at the apartment headquarters.”

    “How come you old people always talk about the past?”

    bitter festival
    pigs and fishes
    an ocean of bits
    wooden boat

  • The desert dreamt water in every corner.

    The backyard became the ocean.
    The rocks were the water.
    The patio was a boat.
    The boat had a Sea Shop.
    The Sea Shop sold snorkels, seaweed, sugar, salt, oil, and fish.

    We fished,
    We swam,
    We snorkeled,
    I sharked,
    but couldn’t catch anyone.

    press the water beneath the lake
    a spectral aquarium floats on the sand


  • Accompany gold, become like gold; accompany jade, become like jade.

    挨金似金,挨玉似玉

    You are influenced by the company you keep. Choose wisely.

    ~

    In testing paid Posts, a novice asks the I Ching:

    How should we approach creating paid Posts?

    A few years ago I learned how to read the I Ching, but I haven’t practiced regularly.

    This is the first serious reading (using yarrow stalks) that I’ve done in 2022.

    Caveat emptor. The wise may caveat skedaddle.

    ~

    Answer (3:1,2,3 to 48)

    opening response

    (3) 屯 A Rough Start

    Be careful at the beginning. Every new endeavor takes significant effort to succeed. That first step is fraught with peril.

    Changing Line 2

    Horses pull in opposite directions. Given conflicting obligations, this work will be difficult. The maiden waits ten years. It would be prudent to wait. Avoid unnecessary obligations at this moment. There will be a right time to commit.

    ~

    which results in

    (48) 井 The Well

    The Well is a source of nourishment. However a broken jug would be a source of misfortune. If you are not ready, such efforts will harm those you are trying to guide. Cultivate yourself first.

     ~

    Hopefully this was worth a penny. I’d love to hear some feedback on this experiment.

    Thanks for reading!

    Justus

  • The third person was in the air, so the boy became his own character.

    He ride a bike on the trail.
    On a slight incline, I tap him on the back.
    加油!(press on!)
    He pedals for thirty yards before slowing down.

    My mom chats while we watch them.
    I try a pull-up at the play structure.
    One here; one there; shift my grip for one more.
    A jolt shoots through my right bicep.

    A net connects two platforms, she grabs a railing and crosses the divide.
    He stands on one side.
    勇敢, 我在看着你(be brave, I’m watching you)
    不是! Silver Star 不要走过 wires!(nope! Silver Star doesn’t walk on wires!)

    thunder in the ground
    the first king went to seclusion
    in seven days Silver Star rose from the west

  • He developed a new syntax by discovering the alphabet.

    妈妈 (mommy) = “M-A-M-A”
    shortened to “M-A”

    poopoo = “P-O-P-O”
    became to “两个P-O”

    peepee = “P-P”
    lengthened to “两个P”

    ䷨䷍

    a lake below the mountain
    fire in the sky
    elements re-combine
    with the times

  • After it was over, I watched my video to experience the moment.

    He tried the big kids swing.

    Look at your sister!

    Push your legs.
    Pull them in.

    Push out.
    Pull in.
    Push,
    Pull,


    Boo
    Wooo
    Boo
    Wooo
    Boo
    Wooo
    Boo


    ䷏䷱

    thunder strikes the ground
    the wind pushes
    until gravity pulls him back

  • A leisurely lunch masticates greens to a pulverized goop in the cheeks.

    “Lollipop!”

    He called for his long awaited desert.
    The boy finished his 3-hour lunch.

    I had cleaned the garage and was taking a shower.
    Momma was tidying the upstairs bedroom.

    妈妈下来!
    爸爸会自己洗澡!

    Mommy come down!
    Daddy can wash himself!

    ䷫䷠

    fish in the bag
    red on a stick

  • Monday’s vacuumed floor was untraversable by Tuesday.

    The boy covered the footstool with blankets.

    弟弟, 收拾你的 doghouse 吧.
    (Little brother, clean up the dog house.)

    不是, 这是给大象!
    (No, this is for the elephant!)

    Violet the wooden elephant peaked out from her new home.

    ䷀䷤

    dragon appearing in the field
    don’t hide the elephant on the shelf

  • The stuffed animals cheered while maniacs tore through the master bedroom.

    They wanted to play Quidditch.
    She cut out six paper hoops.
    Taped three each on opposite walls.

    We watched the rules on youtube.
    From the movies and in real life.
    Pulled up stadium noise.

    I was a bludger throwing plush cakes at the girl.
    She threw a red ball at the hoops and chased her brother.
    He whirled around as the snitch, grasping a yellow ball.

    Tiger and Daddy Bear were drafted as blockers.
    We switched roles.
    A din of creatures, projectiles, and people.

    Momma called us down for lunch.
    We couldn’t hear her.
    She started without us.

    ䷩䷦

    wind and thunder
    the image of increase
    witches flying on paper tubes

  • The democracy was evenly split, but all four humans swung towards Pizza.

    Frozen Pizza or
    Frozen Spanakopita?
    (to accompany congee for dinner)

    We couldn’t decide, so we asked the kids.
    They couldn’t decide either, so they called an election.

    Cut out forty-five little squares.
    On each square she drew two boxes with “S” and “P”.
    They converted an empty kleenex box into a ballot box.

    The stuffed animals lined up to vote.
    They polled the transformers downstairs.

    25 for Pizza.
    21 for Spanakopita.

    Pizza for dinner.

    of the people
    rich in virtue
    by the people
    in harmony with the time
    for the people