Thursday, 9 February 2006

I continue to have small frustrations using this software. I have a good sense of what I am doing wrong to cause them, but not enough precise knowledge to avoid them. I spent the day adding photographs to my web site, with good success, but the activity did not address my sense of dissatisfaction at not having any real work. The picture below shows wind on the water and sun on branches shaken by the wind. I used a fast speed to get the branches and waves sharp, with only modest success, and on second thoughts would prefer the branches to be blurry. Not sure how to achieve that - maybe two pictures from a tripod, at different speeds, superimposed in photoshop. Home to Queanbeyan tomorrow, for the weekend and through until Tuesday. Maybe visit Ihian in the second half of next week. We need some customers. 8:08:44 PM    comment []

I tried to do an entry here last night, but got tied up between computers, with radio not working on the imac and internet connection not working from the imac. Now, the latter appears to be working. Fishing yesterday on bingie and grey rocks, after rock drummer (aka "pigs") using cunje as bait, nothing but a rock cod and a bit of sunburn,  casting into a strong nor'easterly under a cloudless sky. I spoke to a couple of old blokes from around ulladulla who were prospecting local fishing spots and who agreed that you  might as well go home with a wind like that blowing. Rode the bike out there with fishing gear in the panniers following to an idea which arose, and was indulged with more self-confirming attetnion than it warranted, on my recent meditation retreat. A hard ride, in the sun, though, a good thing in  itself and certainly an occasion for being present. I am following the "touching sitting" meditation which Patrick taught me. Here is another account of it which makes it sound rather complicated, strict and technical, which I understand to be the Burmese way.  I am not being as disciplined as the linked article calls for, but what I am doing feels good. I am not very precise or clear, but it does calm me down. 9:40:09 AM    comment []

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