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Author: Lee Under the Cedar Trees

I'm a middle-aged nobody breathing one day at a time in Ontario, Canada.

This tiny corner of the Internet is an outlet for unmasking random thoughts and creations surrounding life in general, adventures in budō, and any other topics that come to a ridiculous mind.

"Through journaling, your voice cannot go unheard."

What do I do when the writing is no longer enough?

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 15, 2024

I guess the only thing I can do is find something else.

Maybe addition is not the answer. Good design is typically subtractive, not additive. Design my life – what needs to go?

Maybe remove something before adding something. Not enough breaths in the day.
What do I do when writing is no longer enough?
Maybe adding an alternative is not the answer.
Maybe subtraction is the way.
“The best design is subtractive”, I once heard.
In the design of my life, what could I let go?
What would bring peace in its absence?

Friday Devolution

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 14, 2024

On the rapid severity with which conditions or situations can shift.
Continuation: Saturday Evolution

Waking with the sunrise / balanced and healthy / morning unfocused / afternoon of forced smiles / clicking clacking / brief evening of laughs / good food, short adventure virtual / day devolves / heart dissolves / nighttime concrete / dragging heavy feet / crickets and music / (music and crickets?) / keep trying but can’t get my damn glasses clean / so sick of myself / want to get away from myself / don’t want to be anyone else / just want to get away / separate from myself / insides twitch / insides weigh heavy / numb / dragging / dragging / dragging / nine hours / tiny relief / soon numb again / hope for a feeling / anything to come with another sunrise

Sky lightening now / still waiting

Friday, September 13 – Saturday September 14, 2024

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