....number 1... !... the first encounter the wide-eyed-open-to-the-world-everything-wonderous-and-possible fool has to the world...after his parents... is the magician... what is possible?... what is impossible...?... the magician takes the fool into the arms of a world of transformation... in which meanings exist only to be malleable... shift-changing... i record dots after every thought... before they occur... before the before... after the after... i studied creative writing and yet... the magician shows how there are laws... and once the laws are known bending can happen...

...new... number one... from zero... from emerging from the womb... new possibilities... what new possibilities do you see?...

...the laws of the patella are that it floats in space, it buffers the tibia and fibula from the femur... there is no equivalent in the elbow, yet the range of motion is similar...

...the magician stands tall, his wand pointing up... to the firmament...

...between heaven and earth... in between... neither purgatory nor stagnant... the Work is in the Work... what is Your Work here on earth... how are you tapping into divine energy to accomplish it?... what impact do you want to leave before you return to the earth?...

...the magician leaves the fools with lessons that the fool can weigh in his encounter with leaves for herbal remedies... leaves like the little linden tree's calming asymmetrical heart shaped leaves that when folded in half are lopsided... leaves that when infused can calm the heart... soothe the stomach... bring coating to the stomach... the lessons of the magician can be weighed in housing... to live in an apartment or a coop or a condo or a house in a city or suburb or town or rural... or as part of a cooperative eco-housing scenario... the magician teaches the fool to be decisive to use his wand... to transform that which is not of service...

...the magician listens to the fools debate on property on getting some land... on whether he is selling out his soul in doing so... in getting a property manager... in whether or not this is a good idea... as they deal with people like paper... easily burned... he tells the fool not to think to hard... to go with his heart... and as things change to be supple... to avoid getting it right and instead trying... giving it his all... and seeing what happens...

...the fool learns that the most important thing is to be True to himself... to learn with his body and mind as his canvas... that his principles are best served when he applies them internally... like when he considers being zero waste... before preaching to others... he realizes that he must go through the internal journey of this... and this is true with his veganism and yoga...