No Cat

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”

-- Albert Einstein

(trackpad drawing by am)

Antidote / "Kindness at the Crossroads"

It took me years to realize that waiting for someone else to change is not fruitful and, besides, it's unkind to all involved.

Here's one wildly creative antidote to that, with lyrics here.



Thanks to Doonesbury's Featured Video.

And to Sabine for this:

Don't go into the tangled jungle
looking for the great elephant
who is already quietly at home.
Nothing to do,
Nothing to force,
nothing to want -
and everything happens by itself.

("Kindness at the Crossroads," a computer trackpad drawing by am from 2005)

Boy, Horse, and Pelican Escaping by Moonlight

Horses were a great comfort to me in my childhood and youth, but it's been a long time since I've spent time with horses. Seeing the trailer for this movie moved me:



Take a look here on page 3 for an article on equine-assisted therapy for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans on Oahu.

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold.
-- Zelda Fitzgerald, novelist (1900-1948)
(source for quote)

(Trackpad drawing by am)

Healing Thread

The Way It Is
by William Stafford

There's a thread that you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn't change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can't get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.
You don't ever let go of the thread.

(Appleworks paint program trackpad drawing from 2005 by am)